postulate
v[Tn, Tf]
(fml 文) put (sth) forward as a fact or accept (sth) as true, esp as a basis for reasoning or argument 假定, 假设(某事物)(尤指作推理或论证之出发点)
The school building programme postulates an increase in educational investment. 修建校舍的计画是在增加教育经费的前提下拟定的.
He postulated that a cure for the disease will have been found by the year 2000. 他推断到2000年能研究出治愈该病的方法.
postulate n thing assumed to be true, or accepted as a basis for reasoningor calculation 假定; 假设; 公设
the postulates of Euclideangeometry 欧几里得几何学的公设.
If Shylock cuts deep enough, I'll pay him back with all my heart.
要是夏洛克割得够深的话,我就要以整个心偿还他的债了。
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read