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pred.i.cate obj STATE5pred7I7keItv [T] fmlto state that (something) is true断言，断定，肯定It would be unwise to predicate that the disease is caused by a virus before further tests have been carried out. [+ that clause]在进一步试验前断定该病是由病毒引起的是不明智的。(fml) If an idea or argument is predicated on something, it depends on the existence or truth of this thing.基于，取决于Her theory is predicated on the premise that the birth rate will continue to fall over the next decade.她的理论是基于今后10 年出生率将持续下降的假设上的。The sales forecast is predicated on the assumption that the economy will grow by four per cent this year.销售预测是基于今年经济将增长4%的假设上的。
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