presupposed
past simple and past participle ofpresuppose
| 单词 | presupposed |
| 释义 | presupposed past simple and past participle ofpresuppose presuppose verb[T] uk/ˌpriː.səˈpəʊz/us/ˌpriː.səˈpoʊz/toacceptthat something istruebefore it has beenproved: [+ that]You're presupposingthathe'll have told her - but he may not have. formal If anideaorsituationpresupposes something, that thing must betruefor theideaorsituationtowork: Investigativejournalismpresupposes somelevelofinvestigation. [+ that]All this presupposesthathe'll get thejobhewants. Guessing, supposing and suspecting
Examplesofpresupposedpresupposed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. But of course if you presuppose language, you have alreadypresupposedinstitutions. From theCambridge English Corpus The unusual constituents are pernicious from a point of view upholding the concept of rigid/stereotypical syntactic constituency oftenpresupposedby traditional theories of syntax. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand, some thornier concepts are never explicitly introduced, but ratherpresupposed. From theCambridge English Corpus No more ' free' lands remained; a situation had been created in which every fresh conquestpresupposedwresting territory from its owner. From theCambridge English Corpus Characteristics of persons and settings are, at best, indexicallypresupposedby the utterances deemed appropriate to them. From theCambridge English Corpus It is oftenpresupposedthat good governance necessitates a constitutional structure that includes the basics of popular representation and legitimacy as indicated by periodic elections. From theCambridge English Corpus There is no reason to think that the latter content cannot be asserted but can only bepresupposed. From theCambridge English Corpus Our accountpresupposedthat these contextual assumptions made phatic interpretations more relevant (and non-phatic assumptions less relevant) than they would otherwise have been. From theCambridge English Corpus Nor do they participate in any of the rituals where the belief ispresupposed. From theCambridge English Corpus Embedded under a non-factive predicate, however (as they are above), these propositions are notpresupposedand not taken for granted by the questions. From theCambridge English Corpus At any time during a given discourse situation, a proposition can either bepresupposedor expressed via a parenthetical (or a non-restrictive relative clause). From theCambridge English Corpus Clearly, this usage of time and the attributespresupposedprovide meaning not apparent in the earlier example, (9). From theCambridge English Corpus The entire structure that leads to my account of injunctions is necessarilypresupposedby any sort of ordering by contract. 30. From theCambridge English Corpus Some aspects of our social life are eitherpresupposedby neoclassical accounts or are beyond (or outside) their scope. From theCambridge English Corpus It is notpresupposed, however, that thoughts are borne by sentence-like structures. 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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