presupposes
- v. （presuppose 的第三人称单数形式）预先假定，预设：在开始讨论或分析之前，先假定某事物为真实或存在；以…为前提，以…为先决条件：需要另一事物作为必要前提或先决条件。
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
presuppose /ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz/ TEM8 ( presupposing, presupposed, presupposes )
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V-T If one thing presupposes another, the first thing cannot be true or exist unless the second thing is true or exists. 以...为前提; 以...为先决条件; 预先假定
例：All your arguments presuppose that he's a rational, intelligent man.
你的所有论点都预先假定他是个理性聪明的人。
例：The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
一个时代的结束是以另一个时代开始为前提的。
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We could no longer be disappointed, because to be disappointed in something presupposes that it could've been some other way.
我们不会再感到失望，因为对某些事情失望就表明,事情可以是另一个样子。
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Rule of law presupposes that there is a form of justice or right natural to us.
有种正义的形式或权利,对我们而言是自然的。
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The Greek view,moreover, presupposes that man lives in society.
进一步说,希腊的观点的前提条件,就是人是生活在社会中的
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