predicates
n. 谓语( predicate的名词复数 )
v. 断言,断定( predicate的第三人称单数 ); 表明,阐明,断言
In some systems of grammar, the predicate of a clause is the part of it that is not the subject. For example, in 'I decided what to do', 'decided what to do' is the predicate.
If you say that one situation is predicated on another, you mean that the first situation can be true or real only if the second one is true or real.
Financial success is usually predicated on having money or being able to obtain it.
先要有钱或者能弄到钱才能够赚钱。
May be predicates, attributives; some can be adverbials.
能作谓语 、 定语, 部分可以作状语.
His theory predicates the system of the universe.
他的理论断定宇宙有体系.
His retraction predicates a change of attitude.
他的退缩表示他态度有了变化.
You put too much emphasis on predicates.
你把谓语读得太重了.
Concepts, as a logical matter , are defined entirely in terms of logical predicates.
作为一件逻辑事, 概念完全以逻辑谓语被定义.