postulate
发音
英 [ˈpɒstjuleɪt]
美 [ˈpɑstʃəleɪt]
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- vt.
- 假定
- 提出要求
- 视…为理所当然
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- n.
- 假定
- 先决条件
- 基本原理
单词词源
postulate 假定,假设,提出要求,视为理所当然
来自拉丁语postulare,要求,声称,断言,来自poscere,请求,紧急要求,-t,过去分词格,来自Proto-Italic*porsko,来自PIE*prek,要求,请求,词源同precarious,pray,可能来自PIE*per,向前,前行,词源同ford,proceed.引申词义假设,假定等。
双语例句
- 1. Researchers now postulate that addiction requires two things .
- 研究者假定成瘾需要两个基本条件。
- 2. It seems that they would look for any explanation rather than postulate a new particle .
- 他们似乎更愿意寻找任何可能的解释也不愿去假定存在这种新粒子。
- 3. First , we must postulate that if souls exist , they must have some mass .
- 第一,我们必须假定灵魂存在,他们必须保有物质。
- 4. But the postulate worked only as long as it was applied to the exchange of physical goods .
- 但是这个假定只在应用于实物交换时才成立。
- 5. I think we can postulate a utility function along the following lines : having a christmas tree up during the christmas season brings positive utility , but diminishing marginal utility over time .
- 我觉得我们可以按照以下思路来假定一个效用函数:在圣诞节期间有一棵圣诞树可以带来正的效用,但随着时间流逝,边际效用就会递减。