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单词 postulate
释义
postulate
verb[IorT]
formal
uk
/ˈpɒs.tʃə.leɪt/us
/ˈpɑːs.tʃə.leɪt/
tosuggestatheory,idea, etc. as abasicprinciplefrom which afurtherideaisformedordeveloped:
假定，假设
[+ that]It was theGreekastronomer, Ptolemy, who postulatedthattheearthwas at thecentreof theuniverse.是希腊天文学家托勒密假定地球是宇宙的中心。
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postulate
noun[C]
formal
uk
/ˈpɒs.tʃə.lət/us
/ˈpɑːs.tʃə.lət/
anideathat issuggestedoracceptedas abasicprinciplebefore afurtherideaisformedordevelopedfrom it
假定，假设
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  • bouncesomethingoffsomeone
  • can't
  • co-sponsor
  • co-sponsorship
  • drop
  • imply
  • intimate
  • make noisesidiom
  • maybe
  • move
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  • on the tableidiom
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  • putsomethingup
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(Definition ofpostulatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

postulate| American Dictionary

postulate
verb[T]
fml
us
/ˈpɑs·tʃəˌleɪt/
tosuggestoracceptthat atheoryorideaistrueas astartingpointforreasoningordiscussion:
[+ that clause]Astronomers postulate that thecometwillreappearin 4000years.

postulate

noun[C]us
/ˈpɑs·tʃə·lɪt,-ˌleɪt/
fml
Hesuggestedanoriginalandinterestingpostulate.
(Definition ofpostulatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpostulate

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They are also postulated to stimulate other cells for granuloma formation.
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The advantage of postulating such a dependency is that the grammar rules used for subordinate clauses are also applicable in main clauses.
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If so, then postulating a veil of ignorance is a quite different move from postulating impartiality.
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The coupling with the domain is small since it postulates and uses only prototypical descriptions of simple structures.
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As a first hypothesis, it may be postulated that there is a large 'core distribution', and that flies outside this range are genetically differentiated.
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Firstly, in contrast with daily hassles, cumulative trivia specifically postulates that loss of independence will occur in the absence of interruption or intervention for trivia.
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Thus, the law is itself postulated as an objective, ontological feature of the behaviour of individual objects ; induction relies upon the postulated lawfulness.
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The implied adult attachment model thus postulates that earned secures will parent as competently as continuous secures and better than insecures.
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The apparent postponement of saturation is postulated to be due to modification of the flow field by convergence.
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Rather, in my view it postulates the wrong kind of structures, namely mechanical rather than evolutionary ones.
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Changing the perspective to an outsider's view reverses the "charity" inherent in this interpretation into a clear-cut sentence against these postulates.
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Perhaps one group is right and the other wrong, but neither is postulating a policy as ridiculous as oceans full of lemonade.
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We postulated that the current voluntary reporting system considerably underestimates the number of listeriosis cases.
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Focusing on the logical structure of beliefs, they formulate eight postulates which a revised theory has to verify.
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Subsequent research has postulated senses as objects characterised with various degrees of underspecification that implicatures, or indeed other contextual inferences, augment and help to constitute.
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