premise
美音:
[´premıs
]英音:
[´premıs
]n.[逻][法]前提,(企业,机构等使用的)房屋连地基 vt.提论,预述,假定 vi.作出前提
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premise为六级词汇
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词形变化:
动词过去式:premised 过去分词:premised 现在分词:premising 第三人称单数:premises
词根
miss,mit=to send(送),to throw(投;掷)
近义词, 同义词
premise
n
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: prémisse, from Medieval Latin praemissa, from Latin praemittere 'to place ahead']
premises [plural]
the buildings and land that a shop, restaurant, company etc uses
Schools may earn extra money by renting out their premises.
business premises
off the premises
The manager escorted him off the premises.
on the premises
The wonderful desserts are made on the premises.
[C]alsopremissBrE
a statement or idea that you accept as true and use as a base for developing other ideas
The idea that there is life on other planets is the central premise of the novel.
premise that
the premise that an accused person is innocent until they are proved guilty
1. The lawyer based his argument on the premise that people are innocent until they are proved to be guilty. 律师的论点所依据的前提是, 人们在没有被证明有罪之前都是无罪的.
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