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

• 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]。
• 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。
• ID simply postulates that the universe possesses evidence that it was intelligently designed.
  它只是假设宇宙拥有证据证明它是由高智能设计的。
• 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。
• Its postulates are binding upon all men in every part of the world.
  它的要求对世界各地的任何人都有约束力。
• This conclusion contradicts the conventional view, which postulates just one migratory wave out of Asia.
  这个结论与传统的观点相矛盾，据传统的观点推测，只有一批移民来自亚洲。
• 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。
• 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。
• The efficient market hypothesis postulates that markets tend towards equilibrium and deviations occur in a random fashion; moreover, markets are supposed to function without any discontinuity in the sequence of prices.
  有效市场假说认为，市场总是趋向于平衡，偏离是随机出现的；并认为市场价格的运行不会出现“不连续点”。
• Huntington's set contains twenty-three postulates and has sphere and inclusion as primitive terms.
  韩廷顿公设集合包括23条公设，把球和包含作为原始术语。