postulate ['pɔstjuleit, -tʃə-]

英汉解释

vt. 假定；要求；视…为理所当然
n. 基本条件；假定

同义词

n. posit
v. contend，demand，involve，posit

反义词

v.   eliminate，obviate，rid of

词汇辨析

assume，presume，suppose，guess，postulate
这些动词均含为“假设，猜想，推测”之意。

参考例句

1. Even if we postulate that she had a motive for the murder, that still doesn't mean she did it.
即使我们假设她有谋杀的动机，那也并不意味着是她干的。
2. 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。
3. 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。

英英解释

n.
  1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
  2. maintain or assert
  3. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  4. require as useful, just, or proper

网络释义

postulate
公设; 假定; 要求; 假定存在;
Drucker postulate
德鲁克公设;
additive postulate
附加 假设; 附加假设;
continuing postulate
连续性经营假设;
homogeneity postulate
齐一性假设;