postulate
vt. 假定; 提出要求; 视…为理所当然
n. 假定; 先决条件; 基本原理
If you postulate something, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis.
...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
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。
A postulate is an idea that is suggested as or assumed to be the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation.
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. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
1. maintain or assert;
2. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom;
3. require as useful, just, or proper;
assume, presume, suppose, guess, postulate
这些动词均含为"假设,猜想,推测"之意。
POSTULATE 1 : The germ must be found in every person with the disease.
原理 1: 必须在每位患病者身上都发现此种病菌.
This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent.
这种介入疗法无需事先获得病人的同意.
This postulate suggested a practical strategy for determining relative atomic weights from elemental percentages in compounds.
这一假设为测定由各种元素组成的化合物的相关原子的质量提供了实际操作策略.
Our new postulate asserts that this is precisely what we cannot say.
我们的新假设恰好断定,这正是我们所不能说的.
Let's postulate that she is a cook.
我们假定她是一位厨师.