Propose

[prə'pəʊz] or [prə'poz]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) make a proposal, declare a plan for something; 'the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax'.

(verb.) ask (someone) to marry you; 'he popped the question on Sunday night'; 'she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months'; 'The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman'.

錄入:谢里夫--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v.) To set forth.

(v.) To offer for consideration, discussion, acceptance, or adoption; as, to propose terms of peace; to propose a question for discussion; to propose an alliance; to propose a person for office.

(v.) To set before one's self or others as a purpose formed; hence, to purpose; to intend.

(v. i.) To speak; to converse.

(v. i.) To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes.

(v. i.) To offer one's self in marriage.

(n.) Talk; discourse.

亚伦編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Offer (for consideration), proffer, tender, propound, enounce, present, suggest, recommend, move, hold out.

v. n. [Recent.] Intend, design, mean, purpose, have the intention, propose to one's self.

杰拉尔德編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Offer, tender, proffer, bring_forward, purpose, intend, mean, propound, move,design,[See {[OKFKB]?}]

弗朗西丝編輯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to put forward or offer for consideration &c.: to purpose or intend: (obs.) to place out state utter discourse: (Shak.) to face confront.—v.i. to form an intention or design: to offer especially marriage: (Shak.) to converse—n. (obs.) talk discourse.—n. Propō′sal anything proposed: terms or conditions proposed.—n. Propō′ser.

手打:曼弗雷德