postulate
美音:
[´pɔstʃə´leıt
]英音:
[´pɔstʃə´leıt
]n.假定,基本条件,基本原理 vt.要求,假定 vi.要求
难易程度:
postulate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:postulation 动词过去式:postulated 过去分词:postulated 现在分词:postulating 第三人称单数:postulates
近义词, 同义词
postulate
/'pɒstjʊleɪt; [US] -tʃʊ-; `pɑstʃu,let/
v [Tn, Tf] (fml 文) put (sth) forward as a fact or accept (sth) as true, esp as a basis for reasoning or argument 假定, 假设(某事物)(尤指作推理或论证之出发点)
*The school building programme postulates an increase in educational investment. 修建校舍的计画是在增加教育经费的前提下拟定的.
* He postulated that a cure for the disease will have been found by the year 2000. 他推断到2000年能研究出治愈该病的方法.
/'pɒstjʊlət; [US] -tʃʊ-; `pɑstʃələt/ n thing assumed to be true, or accepted as a basis for reasoningor calculation 假定; 假设; 公设
*the postulates of Euclideangeometry 欧几里得几何学的公设.