postulates

英 [ˈpɒstjuleɪts]

美 [ˈpɑːstʃuleɪts]

v.  假定; 假设
postulate的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• Traditionally, a researcher postulates an idea, devises an experiment to test it and then reports the results.
  传统的做法是，研究人员提出一个假设的想法，然后设计一个实验来验证该想法，最后将实验结果报道出来。
• Huntington's set contains twenty-three postulates and has sphere and inclusion as primitive terms.
  韩廷顿公设集合包括23条公设，把球和包含作为原始术语。
• It postulates privacy, open and honest communication.
  它要求具有隐密性的，开放而诚实的交际。
• Based on postulates of relativity and relativistic Doppler effect, the amount of displacement of interference fringe in Fizeau experiment is deduced.
  用经典的相对性原理难于解释斐索实验中观察到的干涉条纹的移动。
• A proposition deducible from basic postulates.
  从基本公设推论出的命题。
• For statesman, values lived are more reliable than postulates articulated.
  对于一个政治家来说，身体力行的准则比口头上的主张更加受到人们的信赖。
• Finally, the rational distance and the internal relation of three types fasteners are given under some rational postulates.
  在分析板与板、板与梁和板与檩条间连接件相关性分析的基础上，提出了这三类连接件合理设置间距。
• The vaisheshika system, which was founded by the sage kanada, postulates an atomic pluralism.
  在圣人肯拿达创立的胜论派体系里，假定存在着一种复数原子的状态。
• At first glance, the two postulates seem innocent enough.
  乍一看来，这两个假设似乎够单纯的了。
• Several scientific groups working on SARS around the world had met three postulates.
  世界上研究莎士的几支科研组已了三项假定。