搜尋結果
posit
- IPA[ˈpäzət]
美式
- assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument;base something on the truth of (a particular assumption)
- a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.
verb: posit, 3rd person present: posits, gerund or present participle: positing, past tense: posited, past participle: posited
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument the Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature he posited that the world economy is a system with its own particular equilibrium
- ▪ base something on the truth of (a particular assumption) these plots are posited on a false premise about women's nature as inferior
- 2. put in position; place the Professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets
名詞
- 1. a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.