Presuppose
[priːsə'pəʊz] or [,prisə'poz]
解释:
(verb.) require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; 'This step presupposes two prior ones'.
(verb.) take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; 'I presuppose that you have done your work'.
编辑:朗达--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.
阿黛尔编辑
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Imply, assume, suppose, take for granted.
德洛丽丝校对
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Presume, assume, postulate, surmise
ANT:Prove, establish, infer, deduce, argue, demonstrate
手打:斯蒂芬
解释:
v.t. to suppose before actual knowledge: to assume or take for granted.—n. Presupposi′tion.
编辑:诺拉
例句:
- At any rate you can tell that a song or ode has three parts--the words, the melody, and the rhythm; that degree of knowledge I may presuppose? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- My existence presupposes the existence of the whole universe--does it _not? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Eugene is also in attendance, with a pervading air upon him of having presupposed the ceremony to be a funeral, and of being disappointed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- That social organization is presupposed in the adequate exercise of individual capacity is not to be doubted. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
校对:马里恩