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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Is this a reasonable postulate?
  这是不是一个合理的假设？
• If so we shall have a wave function that satisfies our new postulate.
  如果事实确是如此，我们就得到了一个满足新假设的波函数。
• 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。
• We postulate a relationship between the use of amphetamine and occurrence of acute thrombosis of multiple major coronary arteries.
  我们推论安非他命的使用和发生多重冠状动脉急性血栓的形成存在著因果关系。
• And postulate number five is some of Bohr's early genius.
  假设五中涉及到的，是些波尔的早期成就。
• Others postulate that some miners, working far too deep in the ground, inadvertently operated in areas of powerful buried magic.
  其它一些假设是，一些矿工，挖到地面之下太深了。无意中挖了埋藏有强大魔法的地方。
• Now, think psychological physiology disease should have the following postulate commonly: ① psychology society should be stimulated coming on with development process respect has main effect;
  现在，一般认为心理生理疾病应具备以下基本条件：①心理社会应激在发病与发展过程方面有重要作用；