音标:[ˈpɔstʃəˌleɪts] ;
v. 假定, 假设( postulate的第三人称单数 )
n (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
v maintain or assert
v take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
v require as useful, just, or proper

postulate的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. A combinatin of sources of uranium may be the most realistic postulate.各种铀来源的综合考虑可能是最现实的假说。
  2. Authority is a postulate of the moral order and derives from God.权威是一种道德秩序的主张,并且它来源于上帝。
  3. If so we shall have a wave function that satisfies our new postulate .如果事实确是如此,我们就得到了一个满足新假设的波函数。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. The school building programme postulates an increase in educational investment.修建校舍的规划是在增加教育经费的前提下拟定的。
  2. He postulated that a cure for the disease will have been found by the year 2000.他推断到2000年能研究出治愈该病的方法。
  3. They postulate excessive increase in price.他们把物价过度增长视为当然。

词汇搭配

  • accrual postulate[经] 应计的假定...
  • homogeneity postulate齐一性的假设...
  • lattice postulate点阵假设
  • continuity postulate持续经营假设...
  • accounting postulate[经] 会计假定...

经典引文

  • The first postulate of this hypothesis is..the assumption of total coherence.

    出自:N. Frye
  • Therapy depends..on the postulate that the truth of a person's life can be uncovered in therapy.

    出自:J. Masson
  • The chapter was then allowed to postulate the bishop of Bath.

    出自:W. Stubbs
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