predicate

英 ['predɪkət] 美 ['predɪkət]

• n. [语]谓语；述语
• v. 断定；意味；宣称；基于
• adj. 谓语的

英英释义

Noun:

1. (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula;

   "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
   

2. one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

Verb:

1. make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition;

   "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"
   

2. affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of;

   "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
   

3. involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic;

   "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The predicate should be in agreement with the subject in person and number.
   谓语和主语应该在人称和数方面保持一致。
2. In general, a grammatical clause contains a subject and a predicate.
   一般说来,一个合乎文法的子句包含有主语与谓语。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Your proposal is acceptable, as we all predicate.
   正如我们所断言的那样，你的建议是可以接受的。
2. His theory predicates the system of the universe.
   他的理论断定宇宙有体系。
3. Most religions predicate life after death.
   大多数的宗教宣称死后仍有生命。
4. He predicates his argument on the facts.
   他的论据以事实为基础

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He did not pay enough attention to the agreement of the subject and the predicate.
   他对主谓语的对应关系注意不够。
2. In Chinese, a preposition plus a nominal structure used as the adverbial must be placed before the predicate, e.g.
   在汉语中介词加上后面的名词性结构作状语，一定要放在谓语的前面，不能放在谓语的后面。

经典引文

• 'Is true' and 'is false'..are predicates by means of which we speak about statements.

  出自： W. V. Quine

• Composing discourses, which..might not have been unprofitably predicated from the pulpit.

  出自：Blackwood's Magazine

• The Pleistocene colonisation of Tasmania has long been predicated.

  出自：Nature

• Who is there to punish us? Unless..we predicate some natural law of male dominance.

  出自： F. Weldon

词汇搭配

• predicate on 以 ... 为基础...
• enumerating predicate 枚举谓词
• recursive predicate 递归谓词
• loop predicate 循环预测
• predicate language 谓词语言
• evaluable predicate [计] 可估价谓词...
• primitive recursive predicate 原始递归谓词,原始递...
• predicate logic 谓词演算
• false predicate 假谓词
• computable predicate 可算谓词
• outer predicate [计] 输出谓词...
• predicate transformer 谓词变换程序...
• initial predicate [计] 初始谓词...
• simple predicate 简单谓语
• compound predicate 复合谓语

近反义词

【近义词】

• base 底部
• establish 建立
• found 建立
• ground 地面
• build 建造
• centre 中心
• center 中心
• rest 剩余的部分
• verb phrase 动词短语
• connote 意味着
• proclaim 正式宣布

【反义词】

• subject 话题