/ˈpredɪkət/1
- Grammar the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g. went home in John went home)【语法】谓语（如John went home 中的 went home）。
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- Logic something which is affirmed or denied concerning an argument of a proposition【逻】谓项。
/ˈpredɪkeɪt/
with obj.
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- Grammar & Logic state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of proposition【语法, 逻】意味, 暗示; 就命题主项（或句子主语）阐述：
a word which predicates something about its subject
表示主语含义的一个词
aggression is predicated of those who act aggressively.
侵略是对有侵略性行为者的表述。
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predicate something on/upon
found or base something on使基于; 使取决于：the theory of structure on which later chemistry was predicated.
后来的化学赖以立基的结构理论。
派生词
predication
noun词源
late Middle English (as a noun)： from Latin praedicatum 'something declared'， neuter of praedicatus 'declared， proclaimed'， past participle of the verb praedicare, from prae 'beforehand'+dicare 'make known'.