postulate
vt. 假定; 提出要求; 視…為理所當然
n. 假定; 先決條件; 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...
假設不同文化有不同人權標準的論點
Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.
弗洛伊德曾假定我們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'.
奧費也質疑“有組織的資本主義”的假設。
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
這些動詞均含為"假設,猜想,推測"之意。
POSTULATE 1 : The germ must be found in every person with the disease.
原理 1: 必須在每位患病者身上都發現此種病菌.
This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent.
這種介入療法無需事先獲得病人的同意.
This postulate suggested a practical strategy for determining relative atomic weights from elemental percentages in compounds.
這一假設為測定由各種元素組成的化合物的相關原子的質量提供了實際操作策略.
Our new postulate asserts that this is precisely what we cannot say.
我們的新假設恰好斷定,這正是我們所不能說的.
Let's postulate that she is a cook.
我們假定她是一位廚師.