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

• It postulates privacy, open and honest communication.
  它要求具有隐密性的，开放而诚实的交际。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The author postulates that the sun will die after 100 million years.
  那位作者假定一亿年后太阳会消失[能量会用尽]。
• Dick postulates an alternate ending to the Second World War, one which witnessed the defeat of the Allies, the conquest of the American continent by the Japanese Empire and Nazi Germany, and the subsequent Cold War fought between the two new Axis Powers.
  迪克在书中假设二战有了另外一种结局，反法西斯同盟被打败，全北美洲都被日本帝国和纳粹德国所征服，接下来这两大轴心国之间便开始冷战。
• Hooke's law postulates that the material has linear elastic behavior and we do not intend considering a different material.
  虎克定律假定材料有线性弹性性质，而我们并不打算考虑与此不同的材料。
• Functionalism postulates an inborn need to solve problems.
  机能主义假定人类生来就有解决问题的需要。
• This paper postulates the importance of track maintenance in urban rail transit by describing the characteristics of railway lines, the track structure damage by the motion of trains, etc.
  从城轨交通线路的主要特征、列车运行时对轨道结构破坏等方面，说明轨道维修工作的必要性。
• This conclusion contradicts the conventional view, which postulates just one migratory wave out of Asia.
  这个结论与传统的观点相矛盾，据传统的观点推测，只有一批移民来自亚洲。