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单词 presupposition
释义
presupposition
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌpriː.sʌp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌpriː.sʌp.əˈzɪʃ.ən/
something that youbelieveistruewithout having anyproof:
推定，推测，假定
Youractionsarebasedon somefalsepresuppositions.你的行动是基于一些错误的假设。
This is all presupposition - we mustwaituntil we have some hardevidence.这都是假定——我们必须要等到有确凿的证据。
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(Definition ofpresuppositionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpresupposition

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Indeed, thepresuppositionof reliance on such standards is that they have survived similar critical scrutiny.
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Chapter 4 addresses the general question of whether the notion ofpresuppositionmust be defined semantically or pragmatically.
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But if utilitarianism suffers frompresuppositionfailure, it is more or less meaningless.
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It leaves unanswered the question of what, ultimately, is the objective justification for thatpresupposition.
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This approach vindicates the utilitarian and prioritarianpresupposition.
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The difference between a background proposition and apresuppositionis that the former, unlike the latter, is not tacitly entailed but stated by the utterance.
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All stories are artificial constructions, he seeks to remind us, and never convey the facts to the exception of presuppositions, prejudices and blindspots about ourselves.
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These are linguistic expressions or constructions that seem to carry with them presuppositions about either the existence or the truth of something.
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The end result has been to use my original subject as a means to reflect on some of the presuppositions that can limit historical research.
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But what kinds of facts could constrain the interpretation of 'individual goodness measure' tightly enough to vindicate thepresupposition?
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Situational factors and presuppositions create discourse as firmly as do lexical and syntactic parameters.
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Nor is it merely a reference to (or impliedpresuppositionof) any desires that my fellows happen to have.
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This may be due to them both being new to the field and thus not being burdened by conventional narratological presuppositions.
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Indeed, it is precisely the capacity to survive in the context of negation that has been taken to distinguish presuppositions from semantic entailments.
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This paradox derives from the positivistpresuppositionthat theories can be taken as data for the history of science.
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