postulated
past simple and past participle ofpostulate
| 单词 | postulated |
| 释义 | postulated past simple and past participle ofpostulate postulate verb[IorT] formaluk/ˈpɒs.tʃə.leɪt/us/ˈpɑːs.tʃə.leɪt/tosuggestatheory,idea, etc. as abasicprinciplefrom which afurtherideaisformedordeveloped: [+ that]It was theGreekastronomer, Ptolemy, who postulatedthattheearthwas at thecentreof theuniverse. Suggestions & proposals
Examplesofpostulatedpostulated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The apparent postponement of saturation ispostulatedto be due to modification of the flow field by convergence. From theCambridge English Corpus Shaded circles representpostulatedhaplotypes that were not found in the present samples. From theCambridge English Corpus They are alsopostulatedto stimulate other cells for granuloma formation. From theCambridge English Corpus An analysis of thepostulatedrelationship between bodily constitution and mental disease syndrome. From theCambridge English Corpus It waspostulatedthat the movement of water through hydrocarbon-contaminated sediments would result in the dispersal of hydrocarbon-contaminated meltwater downhill towards the sea. From theCambridge English Corpus As a first hypothesis, it may bepostulatedthat there is a large 'core distribution', and that flies outside this range are genetically differentiated. From theCambridge English Corpus But objects are what classical logicians have had in mind as the basic entities populating theirpostulateduniverses. From theCambridge English Corpus Wepostulatedthat the current voluntary reporting system considerably underestimates the number of listeriosis cases. From theCambridge English Corpus According to this methodological variant on the causal principle, uncaused beginnings ought only to bepostulatedif all possible causal accounts are found to fail. From theCambridge English Corpus It ispostulatedthat these lectins can interact with glycosylated structures of transmitted pathogens, but this has not yet been proved. From theCambridge English Corpus It ispostulatedthat the different contributions of the fingers are due to their physiological variations. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition to reducing production of inflammatory mediators, it has beenpostulatedthat minocycline might also be directly neuroprotective under these circumstances. From theCambridge English Corpus Hepostulatedthat reminiscence and the accompanying life review are attempts to resolve or integrate old conflicts before death. From theCambridge English Corpus Based on animal studies, increased startle responses arepostulatedto represent an increase in amygdala function. From theCambridge English Corpus Theypostulatedthat the environment was less important in cross-infection than the presence of colonized patients. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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