[VERB 动词]预先假定;以…为前提;以…为先决条件 If one thing presupposes another, the first thing cannot be true or exist unless the second thing is true or exists.
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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。
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。
Oxford
pre·sup·pose/ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz; NAmEˌpriːsəˈpoʊz/verb( formal) 1presupposesth to accept sth as true or existing and act on that basis, before it has been proved to be true 姑且认为;假设SYN
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◆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。2presupposethat… |presupposesth to depend on sth in order to exist or be true 以…为前提;依…而定SYN
assume
◆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。presupposepresupposespresupposedpresupposingpre·sup·pose/ˌpriːsəˈpəʊz; NAmEˌpriːsəˈpoʊz/
1to depend on something that is believed to exist or to be trueSYN assume: The idea of heaven presupposes the existence of God.presuppose that Your argument presupposes that Dickens was a social reformer.2to have to happen if something is true: Without struggle there can be no progress, and struggle presupposes winners and losers.
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