Premise
['premɪs] or [ˈpremɪs]
解释:
(noun.) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; 'on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play'.
(verb.) take something as preexisting and given.
(verb.) set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; 'He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand'.
科琳录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
(n.) Either of the first two propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is drawn.
(n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
(n.) A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts; as, to lease premises; to trespass on another's premises.
(n.) To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
(n.) To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows; especially, to lay down premises or first propositions, on which rest the subsequent reasonings.
(v. i.) To make a premise; to set forth something as a premise.
杰里米整理
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Preface, lay down beforehand, state at the outset, set forth at the beginning.
v. n. Begin, enter upon the subject, state beforehand.
n. Antecedent proposition.
英格拉姆编辑
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Announce, forestate, preface
ANT:Add, append, infer, gather, supplement, subjoin
霍雷肖整理
解释:
v.t. to send or state before the rest: to make an introduction: to lay down propositions for subsequent reasonings.
n. that which is premised or stated at the outset: a proposition previously stated or proved for after-reasoning: (logic) one of the two propositions in a syllogism from which the conclusion is drawn: the thing set forth in the beginning of a deed.—n.pl. Prem′ises a building and its adjuncts.
手打:莉莎
例句:
- I may here premise, that I have nothing to do with the origin of the mental powers, any more than I have with that of life itself. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- While he is so occupied, I will tell you, reader, what they are: and first, I must premise that they are nothing wonderful. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Before I enter upon the examination of particular taxes, it is necessary to premise the four following maximis with regard to taxes in general. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- How would that premise stand up if he examined it? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Only the pathetic amateur deludes himself into thinking that, if he presents the major and minor premise, the voter will automatically draw the conclusion on election day. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Again the premise is sound, and the conclusion false. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The premise is sound; the conclusion false. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- It's convenient to have you at all times ready on the premises. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Therefore, betwixt your breakfast and your supper,--on the premises I expect to find you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- He slept on the premises. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- It stopped, and a well-known nasal voice cried aloud, Boy (probably addressing Harry Scott, who usually hung about the premises from 9 a. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- These he deposited on the premises in such positions that she should see them as if by accident. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- These same fields were opposite the Wilfer premises. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- In a tool-shed at the bottom of the garden, lay the relics of building-materials, left by masons lately employed to repair a part of the premises. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- And the conclusions drawn from them are sound, although the premises are fictitious. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- Do not fear, Mr Boffin, that I shall contaminate the premises which your gold has bought, with MY lowly pursuits. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I walked round the corner, saw the City and Suburban Bank abutted on our friend's premises, and felt that I had solved my problem. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
编辑:莎蒂