posit

英 ['pɒzɪt] 美 ['pɑːzɪt]

• v. 假定
• v. 安置

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 【逻】断定
2. 安置
3. 假定
4. 布置
5. 安排
6. 论断
7. 假设
8. 认定
9. 设想
10. 认为
11. 建议

n. 名词

1. 安置
2. 论断
3. 安排
4. 断定

英英释义

Noun:

1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

Verb:

1. put (something somewhere) firmly;

   "She posited her hand on his shoulder"
   "deposit the suitcase on the bench"
   "fix your eyes on this spot"
   

2. put before;

   "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
   

3. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom;

   "He posited three basic laws of nature"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Most religions posit the existence of life after death.
   大多数宗教都假定人死后生命仍存在。

经典引文

• This fantastic strain of writing..posited the existence of Arcadian societies.

  出自： H. Carpenter

• Freud posited a structural theory of the mind.

  出自： P. Grosskurth

近反义词

【近义词】

• postulate 假定
• put forward 提出
• suggest 建议
• theorize 推理
• speculate 推测
• hypothesize 假设
• advance 前进
• situate 位于
• fix 使 ... 固定
• submit 使服从
• state 情形
• deposit 放置