a statement or idea on which reasoning is based
"on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play"
"He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
"She always precedes her lectures with a joke"
"He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
Descartes attempted to derive all human knowledge from premises whose truth was intuitively certain.
出自: A. J. Ayer
The Soviet pattern is..deduced from 'scientifically demonstrated' premisses.
出自: Isaiah Berlin
Having premised these observations, I proceed to consider.
出自: Sydney Smith
I will premise generally that I hate this business of lecturing.
出自: J. R. Lowell