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

• Functionalism postulates an inborn need to solve problems.
  机能主义假定人类生来就有解决问题的需要。
• They proclaimed to be eternal postulates of reason and justice.
  他们宣称这些原则是理性和正义的永恒的要求。
• 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。
• Several scientific groups working on SARS around the world had met three postulates.
  世界上研究莎士的几支科研组已了三项假定。
• At first glance, the two postulates seem innocent enough.
  乍一看来，这两个假设似乎够单纯的了。
• It postulates privacy, open and honest communication.
  它要求具有隐密性的，开放而诚实的交际。
• 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]。
• And economics of the new system provides a theoretical basis for the accounting postulates.
  新制度经济学为会计准则的供需分析提供了理论基础。
• A proposition deducible from basic postulates.
  从基本公设推论出的命题。
• 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。