postulated

英 [ˈpɒstjuleɪtɪd]

美 [ˈpɑːstʃuleɪtɪd]

v.  假定; 假设
postulate的过去分词和过去式

过去式：postulated　过去分词：postulated　

BNC.34358 / COCA.35796

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /'pɒstjʊleɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'pɒstjʊlət/. 动词读作 /'pɒstjʊleɪt/。名词读作 /'pɒstjʊlət/。


• VERB 假定；假设
  If youpostulatesomething, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT 假定；假设
  Apostulateis an idea that is suggested as or assumed to be the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Any of several metallic oxides, such as alumina or zirconia, that are difficult to reduce and were formerly regarded as elements. Hydrogen sulphide bearing gas or water is postulated to be an important reductant in several areas.
  难以还原的氧化物某种金属氧化物，如铝化合物、锌化合物，难以被还原成元素的含硫化氢的气体和水被认为是某些地区的一种主要的还原剂。
• Possible reaction pathways were postulated and discussed.
  对反应机理进行了讨论和解释。
• As a consequence of relativity, he postulated the formula, E= mc2, to understand the amount of energy required to attain the speed of light.
  作为相对论的结果，他提出了E=MC2来理解要达到光速所需要的能量。
• The researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children and the Uniersity of Calgary hae postulated that without this control system normal function of islet cells cannot thrie.
  患病儿童医院和卡尔加里大学的研究人员假设，如果没有此项调控系统，胰岛细胞的正常功能变得不到发挥。
• Edgar Anderson postulated that pure species were usually well adapted to the habitats on which they evolved.
  爱德加？安德生解释说，纯种树通常能适应其进化所在的生境。
• One analyst has postulated a future in which the suburbs, which once promised so much domestic happiness, are transformed into the new slums, with rampant crime fuelled by poverty and decay.
  一位分析家预测了一下未来，那时郊区&一个以前会给予人们许多家庭欢乐的地方，正在变成新的贫民窟，由贫困和堕落引发的犯罪肆意猖獗。
• This disorder could be the result of the nervous system's role in the development of the disease, postulated the researchers.
  研究者推断，此病症可归为此疾病发展中的神经系统作用。
• A postulated biochemical change ( presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory.
  （大概在神经中枢）代表记忆的一个假定的生物化学变化。
• The form and genesis of dark energy is almost completely unknown, but postulated as related to vacuum fluctuations similar to the Casimir Effect but generated somehow by space itself.
  虽然目前对暗能量的形态和起源几乎完全未知，不过科学家认为它可能和空间本身所产生的真空起伏有关，或者说与卡西米尔效应有关联。
• Background: Multiple sclerosis is a characterized demyelinating disease of the CNS and postulated to be a autoimmune disease.
  研究背景多发性硬化一般被认为是以中枢神经系统炎性脱髓鞘疾病为特征的自身免疫性疾病。