predicating
v. 斷言,斷定( predicate的現在分詞 ); 表明,闡明,斷言
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.
先要有錢或者能弄到錢才能夠賺錢。