presuppose

英 [ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz]

美 [ˌpriːsəˈpoʊz]

v.  姑且认为; 假设; 以…为前提; 依…而定

第三人称单数：presupposes　过去分词：presupposed　过去式：presupposed　现在分词：presupposing　

IELTSTEM8

BNC.10476 / COCA.14031

牛津词典

verb

• 姑且认为；假设
  to accept sth as true or existing and act on that basis, before it has been proved to be true
  1. Teachers sometimes presuppose a fairly high level of knowledge by the students.
     教师有时候假定学生的知识水平相当高。
• 以…为前提；依…而定
  to depend on sth in order to exist or be true
  1. His argument presupposes that it does not matter who is in power.
     他的论点前提是谁掌权都无关紧要。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预先假定；以…为前提；以…为先决条件
  If one thingpresupposesanother, the first thing cannot be true or exist unless the second thing is true or exists.
  1. All your arguments presuppose that he's a rational, intelligent man...
     你所有论点的前提都是他是一个理性而聪明的人。
  2. The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
     一个时代的结束意味着另一个时代的开始。

英英释义

verb

• require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
  1. This step presupposes two prior ones
  Synonym:suppose
• take for granted or as a given
  1. I presuppose that you have done your work
  Synonym:suppose

双语例句

• First, they will fill in basic material which the readings presuppose.
  首先，它会充实预先发的阅读笔记。
• Because perspective introjections are regarded as a kind of effective presuppose, equally valid in our daily contacts, as the possibility of the text interpretation and talking with others, the concept of supposing others 'words real in hermeneutics is involved in.
  由于把视域的融合作为一种有效的预设，在我们的日常交往中同样有效，作为文本解释和他人谈话的可能性条件，一种设想他人为真的诠释学意愿涵盖其中。
• To abstract from the historical process and to fix the religious sentiment as something by itself and to presuppose an abstract isolated human individual.
  从历史进程中抽象出来，投入宗教的感情中，假定一个抽象的-孤立的-人类个体。
• If we presuppose these works of modernism are artworks, please take my humble advice: Please give up the impossible attempt to define art, and it would be more advisable to go out for a glass of beer.
  如果我们假定现代主义的这些东西是艺术品，那么请采纳我谦卑的建议：请彻底放弃为艺术下定义这桩不可能的事，出去喝杯啤酒是更可取的。
• The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
  一个时代的结束意味着另一个时代的开始。
• Abstract: alternative tourism planning and design must presuppose preserving regional ecology system, and ecological planning and design should be key principle in all tourism products.
  摘要：替代性旅游（大众旅游）核心是它的规划设计必须建立在保护当地生态环境的前提基础上，旅游的生态原则是贯穿各种产品链的主线。
• What you are emphasizing, the thing that I presuppose, is that love isn't a single thing.
  你强调的东西和我预先假定的事情，是爱不是一个单独的东西。
• If people see a therapist, psychologist or a healer, they silently presuppose that these experts have some superior knowledge or skill which can help them solve their issues.
  如果人们去看一个治疗师，心理医生或疗愈者，他们会默认这些专家有着一些更高级的知识或技能能帮助他们解决他们的问题。
• But even if you presuppose your site will only be seen by people on computers who share your primary language, there are thousands, even tens and hundreds of thousands, of font faces.
  尽管您认为您的站点仅由使用相同母语的计算机浏览，但它们也存在大量的字体风格。
• The equality of human beings does not presuppose, however, biological equality.
  但人类的平等并不能预先设定，更何况是生物上平等。