postulate

英 [ˈpɒstjuleɪt , ˈpɒstjulət]

美 [ˈpɑːstʃuleɪt , ˈpɑːstʃulət]

v.  假定; 假设
n.  假定; 假设

过去分词：postulated　过去式：postulated　第三人称单数：postulates　现在分词：postulating　复数：postulates　

CET6TOEFLGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.10534 / COCA.13028

牛津词典

verb

• 假定；假设
  to suggest or accept that sth is true so that it can be used as the basis for a theory, etc.
  1. They postulated a 500-year lifespan for a plastic container.
     他们假定塑料容器的寿命为500年。

noun

• 假定；假设
  a statement that is accepted as true, that forms the basis of a theory, etc.

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。

英英释义

noun

• (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
  Synonym:posit

verb

• take as a given
  1. He posited three basic laws of nature
  Synonym:posit
• maintain or assert
  1. He contended that Communism had no future
  Synonym:contend
• require as useful, just, or proper
  1. It takes nerve to do what she did
  2. success usually requires hard work
  3. This job asks a lot of patience and skill
  4. This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
  5. This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
  6. This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
  Synonym:necessitateaskneedrequiretakeinvolvecall fordemand

双语例句

• They postulate that either solitude is a more positive experience than interacting with strangers, or people misunderstand the consequences of distant social connections.
  与陌生人说话的状态相比，他们假定了两种状态：独自坐着比聊天交流的体验好，或是人们误解了社会关系中距离感的后果。
• The symbol x ( a, b) is to be interpreted subject to this postulate, in case such interpretation is possible.
  在这种解释成立时，符号x（a，b）要按照这个公设来解释。
• The sciences postulate their respective objects, such as space, number, or whatever it be; and it might be supposed that philosophy had also to postulate the existence of thought.
  每一科学均须各自假定它所研究的对象，如空间、数等等，而哲学似乎也须先假定思维的存在，作为思维的对象。
• Under the postulate of constrained maximization, the choice of the form of competition is always a result of constrained transaction cost minimization.
  在局限下极大化的假设下，竞争形式的选择一定是基于交易费用的局限下极小化的。
• We introduce the Lobachevskian geometry and the Ricmanian geometry by proving the Euclidean of the fifth postulate.
  通过对欧氏第五公设的试证，引入罗氏几何与黎氏几何。
• First of all, the paper explains the postulate of the system, it adopts the means of current sum of three-phase to figure out capacitance and tan δ.
  首先说明该系统的技术原理，采用三相电流和法计算获得介损和电容量。
• The intrinsic randomness commonly ascribed to quantum mechanics is the result of this postulate.
  一般算在量子力学头上的内在随机性，其实正是这个外加假定的结果。
• The null result was directly related to a central postulate of the theory.
  零结果都直接与理论的中心假设相联系。
• Of necessity this path has raised some fundamental research issues that have not preoccupied the mainstream path-specifically the nature of institutions, the separation of institutions from organizations, an explicit concern with political institutions, and a critical evaluation of the rationality postulate.
  这条路径已经提出了一些主流还没有关注的基本的研究问题，具体的有制度的性质，制度与组织的区别，明确关注政治制度，以及理性假设的关键发展。
• Is this a reasonable postulate?
  这是不是一个合理的假设？