postulate

verb

1. 假定；假设
   to suggest or accept that sth is true so that it can be used as the basis for a theory, etc.
   1. They postulated a 500-year lifespan for a plastic container.
      他们假定塑料容器的寿命为500年。

noun

1. 假定；假设
   a statement that is accepted as true, that forms the basis of a theory, etc.

The verb is pronounced /'pɒstjʊleɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'pɒstjʊlət/. 动词读作 /'pɒstjʊleɪt/。名词读作 /'pɒstjʊlət/。


1. VERB 假定；假设
   If you postulate something, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis.
   1. ...arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures...
      假设不同文化有不同人权标准的论点
   2. Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.
      弗洛伊德曾假定我们所有人都有生存本能和死亡本能。
2. N-COUNT 假定；假设
   A postulate is an idea that is suggested as or assumed to be the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation.
   1. Offe also challenges the postulate of an 'organized capitalism'.
      奥费也质疑“有组织的资本主义”的假设。

1. Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.
   弗洛伊德曾假定我们所有人都有生存本能和死亡本能。
2. Offe also challenges the postulate of an 'organized capitalism'.
   奥费也质疑“有组织的资本主义”的假设。
3. The sciences postulate their respective objects, such as space, number, or whatever it be; and it might be supposed that philosophy had also to postulate the existence of thought.
   每一科学均须各自假定它所研究的对象，如空间、数等等，而哲学似乎也须先假定思维的存在，作为思维的对象。
4. One can also postulate several types of attack against such a system.
   此外，还可以针对此类系统假设多种类型的攻击手段。
5. They postulate that either solitude is a more positive experience than interacting with strangers, or people misunderstand the consequences of distant social connections.
   与陌生人说话的状态相比，他们假定了两种状态：独自坐着比聊天交流的体验好，或是人们误解了社会关系中距离感的后果。
6. The Crucial Experiment for Checking Einstein's Postulate of the Constancy of the Speed of Light
   爱因斯坦光速不变假设的判决性实验检验
7. Is this a reasonable postulate?
   这是不是一个合理的假设？
8. First of all, the paper explains the postulate of the system, it adopts the means of current sum of three-phase to figure out capacitance and tan δ.
   首先说明该系统的技术原理，采用三相电流和法计算获得介损和电容量。
9. We introduce the Lobachevskian geometry and the Ricmanian geometry by proving the Euclidean of the fifth postulate.
   通过对欧氏第五公设的试证，引入罗氏几何与黎氏几何。
10. These findings led the investigators to postulate that the organism is commonly present on mucous membranes and skin.
    这些发现使得研究者们得出一种假说，该有机体通常在粘膜和皮肤上存在。
11. Hence the poet attempted to rehabilitate the latter in a round-about way, succeeding, however, only by means of a postulate.
    因此，诗人试图恢复后者在一个迂回的方式取得了成功，但是，只有通过一个假设。
12. Now, think psychological physiology disease should have the following postulate commonly: ① psychology society should be stimulated coming on with development process respect has main effect;
    现在，一般认为心理生理疾病应具备以下基本条件：①心理社会应激在发病与发展过程方面有重要作用；
13. The postulate that there is little moral difference between the superpowers ( Henry A.Kissinger)
    假设超级大国之间没有什么道德差别（亨利A.基辛格）
14. Under the postulate of constrained maximization, the choice of the form of competition is always a result of constrained transaction cost minimization.
    在局限下极大化的假设下，竞争形式的选择一定是基于交易费用的局限下极小化的。
15. The intrinsic randomness commonly ascribed to quantum mechanics is the result of this postulate.
    一般算在量子力学头上的内在随机性，其实正是这个外加假定的结果。
16. 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。
17. The symbol x ( a, b) is to be interpreted subject to this postulate, in case such interpretation is possible.
    在这种解释成立时，符号x（a，b）要按照这个公设来解释。
18. Out of postulate three it says Newtonian mechanics applicable.
    从假设3我们可以知道，牛顿力学在这儿是适用的。
19. They postulate excessive increases in population.
    他们假定人口增长过快。
20. If so we shall have a wave function that satisfies our new postulate.
    如果事实确是如此，我们就得到了一个满足新假设的波函数。
21. If you postulate the force like that it explains the phenomena.
    如果你假设这个力的存在那就能解释一些现象了。
22. The null result was directly related to a central postulate of the theory.
    零结果都直接与理论的中心假设相联系。
23. Of necessity this path has raised some fundamental research issues that have not preoccupied the mainstream path-specifically the nature of institutions, the separation of institutions from organizations, an explicit concern with political institutions, and a critical evaluation of the rationality postulate.
    这条路径已经提出了一些主流还没有关注的基本的研究问题，具体的有制度的性质，制度与组织的区别，明确关注政治制度，以及理性假设的关键发展。
24. And postulate number five is some of Bohr's early genius.
    假设五中涉及到的，是些波尔的早期成就。
25. We postulate a relationship between the use of amphetamine and occurrence of acute thrombosis of multiple major coronary arteries.
    我们推论安非他命的使用和发生多重冠状动脉急性血栓的形成存在著因果关系。
26. Others postulate that some miners, working far too deep in the ground, inadvertently operated in areas of powerful buried magic.
    其它一些假设是，一些矿工，挖到地面之下太深了。无意中挖了埋藏有强大魔法的地方。
27. I would even postulate that it began with Ming-ji Reformation in the mid-19th century.
    我猜应该从19世纪中叶的明治维新开始。
28. I think we can postulate a utility function along the following lines: having a Christmas tree up during the Christmas season brings positive utility, but diminishing marginal utility over time.
    我觉得我们可以按照以下思路来假定一个效用函数：在圣诞节期间有一棵圣诞树可以带来正的效用，但随着时间流逝，边际效用就会递减。
29. You might be wondering about the absence from our list of the Born postulate.
    你们可能感到惊讶，在我们的列举中没有玻恩的假设。
30. So you have to, under this rule, postulate several loss of coolant accidents of different sizes and locations.
    所以，你们必须，在这些规定下，假定不同大小和地点的，冷却剂损失的事故。

noun

1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

   Synonym:    posit

verb

1. take as a given
   1. He posited three basic laws of nature

   Synonym:    posit

2. maintain or assert
   1. He contended that Communism had no future

   Synonym:    contend

3. require as useful, just, or proper
   1. It takes nerve to do what she did
   2. success usually requires hard work
   3. This job asks a lot of patience and skill
   4. This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
   5. This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
   6. This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent

   Synonym:    necessitateaskneedrequiretakeinvolvecall fordemand