posit

英 [ˈpɒzɪt]

美 [ˈpɑːzɪt]

v.  假设; 认定; 认为…为实

第三人称单数：posits　过去式：posited　过去分词：posited　现在分词：positing　

GRE

BNC.15855 / COCA.9378

牛津词典

verb

• 假设；认定；认为…为实
  to suggest or accept that sth is true so that it can be used as the basis for an argument or discussion
  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。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 假定；假设
  If youpositsomething, you suggest or assume it as the basis for an argument or calculation.
  1. Several writers have posited the idea of a universal consciousness...
     有几个作者都假设存在普遍意识。
  2. Callahan posits that chemical elements radiate electromagnetic signals.
     卡拉汉假定化学元素放射电磁信号。

英英释义

noun

• (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
  Synonym:postulate

verb

• take as a given
  1. He posited three basic laws of nature
  Synonym:postulate
• put before
  1. I submit to you that the accused is guilty
  Synonym:submitstateput forward
• put (something somewhere) firmly
  1. She posited her hand on his shoulder
  2. deposit the suitcase on the bench
  3. fix your eyes on this spot
  Synonym:situatefixdeposit

双语例句

• For another, they posit that the people who have made losses in current conditions have a strong incentive to correct their mistakes the next time and therefore that many government actions have been counterproductive by shielding actors from the consequences of their mistakes.
  其次，他们断定，那些在目前状况下蒙受损失的人具有强大的激励在未来纠正自己的错误，因此许多政府行动迄今是事与愿违的，它们庇护着行为者，使其不必承受自己行为的后果。
• Posit: peopie think a bank might be financially shaky.
  假设：人们认为银行情况不稳。
• That could be because happier young adults are more likely to earn a college degree, get hired and promoted, be more optimistic and less neurotic, the researchers posit.
  研究人员推断，这也许是因为快乐的年轻人更有可能获得大学文凭、找到工作并获得提升。他们也更为乐观，不那么神经质。
• The deep-seated causes they posit seem largely to have been missed by contemporaries, for whom – with very few exceptions – the war came as a complete surprise.
  他们假想的深层次原因似乎基本没有被他们同时代的人注意到，对后者来说（只有极少数人例外），一战完全是个意外。
• When we posit an intention we just decide which of these speakers it is.
  当我们假定这样一种意图时，必须裁定哪一个是说话人。
• And likewise, the fact of the matter is this: There is a serious disconnect between the South Korean public historical consciousness and what most impartial scholars posit as Korean history.
  同样，事实是：南韩公众的历史认识与大多数公正的历史学家所认为的韩国历史有很大的差异。
• He thought that all knowledge was probability, only was presumed by posit and induction was the way in finding the best posit.
  他认为一切知识都是概率性知识，只能以假定的意义被确认，而归纳法就是找到最佳假定的工具。
• Posit the notion that you could be living the same day over and over.
  姑且认为你是日复一日地在过同一天。
• Historical linguists posit a common ancestor from which both Romance and Germanic languages descend.
  历史语言学家认为罗斯语系和德语语系由同一种语言演变而来。
• Nevertheless, we might still be able to posit three major differences between Chinese and Western ideas of history.
  从总体而言，中西史学的观念有三个不同特点。