presuppose
英 [ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz]
美 [ˌpriːsəˈpoʊz]
v. 姑且认为; 假设; 以…为前提; 依…而定
第三人称单数:presupposes 过去分词:presupposed 过去式:presupposed 现在分词:presupposing
BNC.10476 / COCA.14031
牛津词典
verb
- 姑且认为;假设
to accept sth as true or existing and act on that basis, before it has been proved to be true- Teachers sometimes presuppose a fairly high level of knowledge by the students.
教师有时候假定学生的知识水平相当高。
- Teachers sometimes presuppose a fairly high level of knowledge by the students.
- 以…为前提;依…而定
to depend on sth in order to exist or be true- His argument presupposes that it does not matter who is in power.
他的论点前提是谁掌权都无关紧要。
- His argument presupposes that it does not matter who is in power.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 预先假定;以…为前提;以…为先决条件
If one thingpresupposesanother, the first thing cannot be true or exist unless the second thing is true or exists.- All your arguments presuppose that he's a rational, intelligent man...
你所有论点的前提都是他是一个理性而聪明的人。 - The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
一个时代的结束意味着另一个时代的开始。
- All your arguments presuppose that he's a rational, intelligent man...
英英释义
verb
- require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
- This step presupposes two prior ones
- take for granted or as a given
- I presuppose that you have done your work
双语例句
- The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
一个时代的结束意味着另一个时代的开始。 - Presuppose a functioning Linux distribution installed on nonexotic hardware, even though LFS is probably less demanding as far as configuration tools and scripting are concerned.
预先假设起作用的Linux发行版已安装在非外来的(nonexotic)硬件上,即使LFS可能没有配置工具和脚本那么受关注。 - If we presuppose these works of modernism are artworks, please take my humble advice: Please give up the impossible attempt to define art, and it would be more advisable to go out for a glass of beer.
如果我们假定现代主义的这些东西是艺术品,那么请采纳我谦卑的建议:请彻底放弃为艺术下定义这桩不可能的事,出去喝杯啤酒是更可取的。 - Let us presuppose that he wins the game.
让我们先假定他赢得这场比赛。 - It's dangerous to presuppose that a person is guilty.
先假定某人有罪是危险的。 - If people see a therapist, psychologist or a healer, they silently presuppose that these experts have some superior knowledge or skill which can help them solve their issues.
如果人们去看一个治疗师,心理医生或疗愈者,他们会默认这些专家有着一些更高级的知识或技能能帮助他们解决他们的问题。 - This toolkit does not presuppose any specific methodology for developing SIP-based services.
该工具包不会为基于SIP的服务的开发预先假设任何具体的方法。 - The equality of human beings does not presuppose, however, biological equality.
但人类的平等并不能预先设定,更何况是生物上平等。 - These three factors of variation have one thing in common: they all presuppose the artistic recognition of subjectivity.
这三种因素有一个共性:它们都先入为主地假定了主观的艺术认知。 - Through the nominalization of theme or subject, it can presuppose something uncertain as certain or established to make the information more natural and acceptable.
通过主位的名词化,可以将不确定的信息预设为更自然,更易于接受的事实。