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premise n.[逻][法]前提,(企业,机构等使用的)房屋连地基 vt.提论,预述,假定 vi.作出前提 In logic, the premise is the basic statement upon whose truth an argument is based. Criticize alternative theories by demonstrating their false premises. In a more general sense, it's a basic assertion. On the premise that people are generally good, you keep your doors unlocked. Premise is also used more loosely for the starting point for a plot. A movie's premise could be that two people trapped on a desert island will inevitably fall in love. ★★☆☆☆ 2017.4

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['premis] A premise is what forms the basis of a theory or a plot. When you called 911 on the guy in your back yard, it was on the premise that he was a thief and not the meter-reader. If connections can be bought, a basic premise of democratic society—that all are equal in treatment by government—is undermined. The spelling premiss is also used in British English for meaning 2. 在英国英语中拼写形式premiss亦用于义项2。1[N-PLURAL 复数名词]（企业或机构使用的）房屋及土地；经营场所；办公场所 The premises of a business or an institution are all the buildings and land that it occupies in one place.   [oft on the N]There is a kitchen on the premises...该处有一个厨房。The business moved to premises in Brompton Road.这家公司搬到了布朗普顿路。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]前提 A premise is something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea.   [oft N that]  [FORMAL 正式]The premise is that schools will work harder to improve if they must compete...前提是，如果各学校必须参与竞争的话，就会更加努力。The programme started from the premise that men and women are on equal terms in this society.这个项目是以这个社会男女平等为前提的。

英语单词	premise
英美音标	['premis]
中文释义	n.[逻][法]前提,(企业,机构等使用的)房屋连地基 vt.提论,预述,假定 vi.作出前提
vocab简明	A premise is what forms the basis of a theory or a plot. When you called 911 on the guy in your back yard, it was on the premise that he was a thief and not the meter-reader.
vocab扩展	In logic, the premise is the basic statement upon whose truth an argument is based. Criticize alternative theories by demonstrating their false premises. In a more general sense, it's a basic assertion. On the premise that people are generally good, you keep your doors unlocked. Premise is also used more loosely for the starting point for a plot. A movie's premise could be that two people trapped on a desert island will inevitably fall in love.
真题原句	If connections can be bought, a basic premise of democratic society—that all are equal in treatment by government—is undermined.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	The spelling premiss is also used in British English for meaning 2. 在英国英语中拼写形式premiss亦用于义项2。 1 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]（企业或机构使用的）房屋及土地；经营场所；办公场所 The premises of a business or an institution are all the buildings and land that it occupies in one place. [oft on the N] There is a kitchen on the premises... 该处有一个厨房。 The business moved to premises in Brompton Road. 这家公司搬到了布朗普顿路。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]前提 A premise is something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea. [oft N that] [FORMAL 正式] The premise is that schools will work harder to improve if they must compete... 前提是，如果各学校必须参与竞争的话，就会更加努力。 The programme started from the premise that men and women are on equal terms in this society. 这个项目是以这个社会男女平等为前提的。
来源	2017.4

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