The sentence, Beijing is the capital of China is a proposition.

‘北京是中国的首都’，这个句子就是一个命题。

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They had the audacity to make such a proposition as that to me!

它们竟敢向我提出这样的建议！

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The ryan plan is a "reductio ad absurdum " a disproof by taking a proposition to a logical conclusion.

瑞恩计划是一个“归谬证法”——通过推导逻辑结论对命题进行反证。

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He began to read: (Music) "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent,a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

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In particular, all languages, at minimum, are powerful enough to convey an abstract notion like this; abstract in the sense that it talks about thoughts and it talks about a proposition and spatial relations in objects.

尤其是所有的语言都至少,能够有效地表达抽象概念,在某种意义上来说,抽象概念能够表达思想,能够表述物体的位置与空间关系

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I think the simplest way to understand Modigliani-Miller proposition is the following: imagine that we, as a board, decided to pay a dividend of $5 a share.

理解莫迪利阿尼和米勒命题,最简单的方式是,假设我们构成了一个董事会,决定以每股5美元的比例发放股利

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It purports to absolutely prove a proposition that is not even under serious debate .

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Mr. Benson hasn't ruled out the possibility of another Ben Benson's, a proposition he gives a 50-50 chance.

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