presuppose

英 [ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz]

美 [ˌpriːsəˈpoʊz]

v.  姑且认为; 假设; 以…为前提; 依…而定

第三人称单数：presupposes　过去分词：presupposed　过去式：presupposed　现在分词：presupposing　

IELTSTEM8

BNC.10476 / COCA.14031

牛津词典

verb

• 姑且认为；假设
  to accept sth as true or existing and act on that basis, before it has been proved to be true
  1. Teachers sometimes presuppose a fairly high level of knowledge by the students.
     教师有时候假定学生的知识水平相当高。
• 以…为前提；依…而定
  to depend on sth in order to exist or be true
  1. His argument presupposes that it does not matter who is in power.
     他的论点前提是谁掌权都无关紧要。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预先假定；以…为前提；以…为先决条件
  If one thingpresupposesanother, the first thing cannot be true or exist unless the second thing is true or exists.
  1. All your arguments presuppose that he's a rational, intelligent man...
     你所有论点的前提都是他是一个理性而聪明的人。
  2. The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
     一个时代的结束意味着另一个时代的开始。

英英释义

verb

• require as a necessary antecedent or precondition
  1. This step presupposes two prior ones
  Synonym:suppose
• take for granted or as a given
  1. I presuppose that you have done your work
  Synonym:suppose

双语例句

• But even if you presuppose your site will only be seen by people on computers who share your primary language, there are thousands, even tens and hundreds of thousands, of font faces.
  尽管您认为您的站点仅由使用相同母语的计算机浏览，但它们也存在大量的字体风格。
• What you are emphasizing, the thing that I presuppose, is that love isn't a single thing.
  你强调的东西和我预先假定的事情，是爱不是一个单独的东西。
• Because perspective introjections are regarded as a kind of effective presuppose, equally valid in our daily contacts, as the possibility of the text interpretation and talking with others, the concept of supposing others 'words real in hermeneutics is involved in.
  由于把视域的融合作为一种有效的预设，在我们的日常交往中同样有效，作为文本解释和他人谈话的可能性条件，一种设想他人为真的诠释学意愿涵盖其中。
• If I am counting upon a visit from a friend, who may be coming by train or by tram, I presuppose that the train will arrive at the appointed time, or that the tram will not be derailed.
  如果我期望我的朋友前来看我，他可能坐火车或者电车前来，我预期火车将会在约定的时间到达，或者电车将不会出轨。
• Presuppose a functioning Linux distribution installed on nonexotic hardware, even though LFS is probably less demanding as far as configuration tools and scripting are concerned.
  预先假设起作用的Linux发行版已安装在非外来的（nonexotic）硬件上，即使LFS可能没有配置工具和脚本那么受关注。
• As I'll show today there are a lot of ways of seeing that these letters simply presuppose a different stage in early Christianity.
  但今天我还会指出，在很多地方，这些信都简单假设了，早期基督教的不同阶段。
• On the other hand, there are at least as many passages in the last part which clearly and unmistakably look back to and presuppose verses in the first.
  在另一方面，至少有很多通道，在最后一部分，这显然无误地回顾和假定诗在第一。
• Contract duration presuppose the existence of surrender activity.
  可以说，寿险合同持续期问题以退保的存在为前提。
• But all of those answers presuppose someone knows what the heck you're selling, or talking about, or endorsing.
  但这些答案的前提是别人知道您卖什么产品、谈论什么问题或支持什么。
• The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
  一个时代的结束意味着另一个时代的开始。