单词 | postulate |
释义 | postulate v[Tn, Tf] (fml 文) put (sth) forward as a fact or accept (sth) as true, esp as a basis for reasoning or argument 假定, 假设(某事物)(尤指作推理或论证之出发点) The school building programme postulates an increase in educational investment. 修建校舍的计画是在增加教育经费的前提下拟定的. 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. postulate n thing assumed to be true, or accepted as a basis for reasoningor calculation 假定; 假设; 公设 the postulates of Euclideangeometry 欧几里得几何学的公设. |
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