postulated
/verb pos-chuh-leyt; noun pos-chuh-lit, -leyt/US // verb ˈpɒs tʃəˌleɪt; noun ˈpɒs tʃə lɪt, -ˌleɪt //
假设的,推定的,假定的,推测
Related Words
posit定位,姿势,职务,构成presuppose预设,预先假定,预设为,预先假设hypothesize假设,臆测,假定,设想theorize理论化,理解,推测,理论分析advance进展,晋级,进展情况,预付款guess猜测,猜到了,猜猜看,猜想affirm申明,肯定,确认,申报assume假设,假定,承担,担当propose建议,提议,提出,提出建议predicate谓语,语词,谓词,语义assert宣称,声称,宣称的,声称的suppose假设,假定,估计,推测premise前提是,前提,处所,前提下aver平均值,平均值为,平均值是指estimate估计,估算,估计数,估量speculate猜测,揣测,猜猜看,揣测一下put forward提出来的,提出了,提出的,提出take for granted想当然地认为,想当然的认为,想当然,理所当然地认为
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
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pos·tu·lat·ed, pos·tu·lat·ing.
- : to ask, demand, or claim.
- : to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing.
- : to assume without proof, or as self-evident; take for granted.
- : Mathematics, Logic. to assume as a postulate.
n.名词 noun
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- : something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof as a basis for reasoning.
- : Mathematics, Logic. a proposition that requires no proof, being self-evident, or that is for a specific purpose assumed true, and that is used in the proof of other propositions; axiom.
- : a fundamental principle.
- : a necessary condition; prerequisite.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbsuppose, figure
Synonyms
hypothesize假设,臆测,假定,设想posit定位,姿势,职务,构成presuppose预设,预先假定,预设为,预先假设theorize理论化,理解,推测,理论分析advance进展,晋级,进展情况,预付款affirm申明,肯定,确认,申报assert宣称,声称,宣称的,声称的assume假设,假定,承担,担当aver平均值,平均值为,平均值是指estimate估计,估算,估计数,估量guess猜测,猜到了,猜猜看,猜想predicate谓语,语词,谓词,语义premise前提是,前提,处所,前提下propose建议,提议,提出,提出建议speculate猜测,揣测,猜猜看,揣测一下suppose假设,假定,估计,推测put forward提出来的,提出了,提出的,提出take for granted想当然地认为,想当然的认为,想当然,理所当然地认为
Examples
Even people who postulate a creative God usually acknowledge that his existence shifts the big question rather than resolving it.
While the war lasted, so he laid down, there must—apart from the postulate of Unity—be a truce to party struggles.
He receives as a postulate that which I must have demonstrated.
But I disagree with them all, because they postulate the idea that time is constantly being manufactured.
Mark Twain's early life, however imperfectly recorded, exemplifies this postulate.
All theologians and some metaphysicians postulate a fifth state of life, the divine, placing it above the rest as their source.
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