presupposition
美音:
[´pri:səpə´zıʃən
]英音:
[´pri:səpə´zıʃən
]n.预想,假设
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presupposition为短语/超纲词汇
词根
pos=to place,to put(置,放)
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presupposition
/,pri:sʌpə'zɪʃn; ,prisʌpə`zɪʃən/
n(fml 文)
(a) [U] (action of) presupposing (presuppose1)预先假定; 预料
*Bail was refused on the presupposition of his guilt. 已料到他罪名成立而不准保释.
(b) [C] thing that is presupposed 预先假定的事物; 预测之事; 先决条件
*You have made several unjustified presuppositions. 你作了一些毫无根据的假设.
presupposition
n formal[C]something that you think is true, although you have no proof
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assumptionpresupposition that Hick's presupposition is that all religions believe in the same God.[U]when you think something is true even though you have no proof