presuppose

英 [ˌpriːsə'pəʊz] 美 [ˌpriːsə'poʊz]

• v. 预先假定；预料；预料为必要的条件

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 预先假定
2. 预想
3. 推测
4. 猜想
5. 以...为前提
6. 含有
7. 姑且认为
8. 依…而定
9. 以…为先决条件
10. 意味着
11. 视为当然

英英释义

Verb:

1. take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand;

   "I presuppose that you have done your work"
   

2. require as a necessary antecedent or precondition;

   "This step presupposes two prior ones"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. We cannot presuppose the truth of his statements.
   我们不能预先假定他的话属实。
2. Let us presuppose that he wins the game.
   让我们先假定他赢得这场比赛。
3. I presuppose that you have done your work.
   我预料你已经做了你的工作了。

经典引文

• All the Authors I have met with seem to presuppose their Reader to understand Geometry.

  出自： J. Moxon

近反义词

【近义词】

• suppose 假设
• assume 假定
• take for granted 想当然
• presume 假定
• accept 接受