postulates

英 [ˈpɒstjuleɪts]

美 [ˈpɑːstʃuleɪts]

v.  假定; 假设
postulate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /'pɒstjʊleɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'pɒstjʊlət/. 动词读作 /'pɒstjʊleɪt/。名词读作 /'pɒstjʊlət/。


• VERB 假定；假设
  If youpostulatesomething, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis.
  1. ...arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures...
     假设不同文化有不同人权标准的论点
  2. Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.
     弗洛伊德曾假定我们所有人都有生存本能和死亡本能。
• N-COUNT 假定；假设
  Apostulateis an idea that is suggested as or assumed to be the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation.
  1. Offe also challenges the postulate of an 'organized capitalism'.
     奥费也质疑“有组织的资本主义”的假设。

双语例句

• We live because as Anthropic Principle postulates that our Universe seems to be designed to fit our existence.
  我们之所以能够生存，是因为如人择原理所假定，这个宇宙为了适应我们的生存而专门设计的。
• Inference of the obverse of a proposition. a proposition deducible from basic postulates.
  换质法推导一个命题的方法从基本公设推论出的命题。
• All other assumptions and postulates must in like manner be left behind at the entrance to philosophy, whether they are derived from the intellect or the imagination.
  同样，所有一切别的假设和成见，不论其出于表象，或出于思维，都须在走进哲学的大门之前摒弃不用。
• Traditionally, a researcher postulates an idea, devises an experiment to test it and then reports the results.
  传统的做法是，研究人员提出一个假设的想法，然后设计一个实验来验证该想法，最后将实验结果报道出来。
• Dick postulates an alternate ending to the Second World War, one which witnessed the defeat of the Allies, the conquest of the American continent by the Japanese Empire and Nazi Germany, and the subsequent Cold War fought between the two new Axis Powers.
  迪克在书中假设二战有了另外一种结局，反法西斯同盟被打败，全北美洲都被日本帝国和纳粹德国所征服，接下来这两大轴心国之间便开始冷战。
• For statesman, values lived are more reliable than postulates articulated.
  对于一个政治家来说，身体力行的准则比口头上的主张更加受到人们的信赖。
• And I think I put up the postulates.
  我想我已经建立过这种假设了。
• Current government audit standards actually have included some ideas of audit postulates.
  现行国家审计准则其实已蕴含若干审计假设思想。
• The vaisheshika system, which was founded by the sage kanada, postulates an atomic pluralism.
  在圣人肯拿达创立的胜论派体系里，假定存在着一种复数原子的状态。
• The author postulates that the sun will die after 100 million years.
  那位作者假定一亿年后太阳会消失[能量会用尽]。