postulating
v. 假定,假设( postulate的现在分词 )
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。