postulate
- v. 假定，假设；（教会法）提名（某人）任圣职，选举（某人）任圣职
- n. <正式>假定，假设；<正式>（数）公设
[ 复数 postulates 第三人称单数 postulates 现在分词 postulating 过去式 postulated 过去分词 postulated ]
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postulate /ˈpɒstjʊleɪt/ TEM8 ( postulating, postulated, postulates )
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V-T If you postulate something, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis. 假定 [正式]
例：He dismissed arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures and regions.
他无法接受的是假定人权标准在不同文化和地区有所不同。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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The universe encompasses all of space and time we know, so it is beyond the realm of the Big Bang model to postulate what the universe beyond our horizon is.
宇宙包含我们所知的所有空间和时间，所以要求用大爆炸模型解释我们视界之外的宇宙超出了这个模型的限定范围。
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Therefore some scientists postulate that the Earth's earliest atmosphere, unlike that of today, was dominated by hydrogen, methane, and ammonia.
因此，一些科学家推断，地球早期的大气与现在的不一样，主要由氢、甲烷和氨构成。
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Let's postulate that she is a cook.
我们假定她是一位厨师。
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And then, for the next piece of information, I am going to go to postulate number five.
接下来，我要讲假设五。
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The total energy of the system, which we are going to get from postulate number four, which says the energy of the electron, which is the energy of the system, is the sum of the kinetic and the potential energy.
这个系统的总能量，也就是我们将从第四个假设中算出的能量，也就是电子运动产生的能量，也就是整个系统的能量，是动能和位能的总和。
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In many ways he is advancing a philosophic postulate of great scope and power, although the full development of the thesis is only left deeply embedded.
从很多方面看来,他是在向一种宏观视野,与权力的哲学式假说迈进，虽然这个论点并未发展完全,只是深植在他的想法中。
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