Postulate
[ 'pɑstʃəlet ]
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vt. 假定;提出要求;视…为理所当然;
n. 假定;先决条件;基本原理;
💡 词根助记
postul要求+ate动词后缀 → 要求；假定存在
📝 例句
Our new postulate asserts that this is precisely what we cannot say.
我们的新假设恰好断定，这正是我们所不能说的。
You might be wondering about the absence from our list of the Born postulate.
你们可能感到惊讶，在我们的列举中没有玻恩的假设。
postulate the inherent goodness of man
假定人性本善
A combinatin of sources of uranium may be the most realistic postulate.
各种铀来源的综合考虑可能是最现实的假说。
If so we shall have a wave function that satisfies our new postulate.
如果事实确是如此，我们就得到了一个满足新假设的波函数。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ post-邮寄,u-you你,late-迟:(大学通知书)邮寄你迟了→这是不可能的→假定
※ post-邮递,u-you你,late-晚:邮递给你的信来得太晚这一般只是个假定,很多情况下还是很准时的
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
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.
🔁 扩展释义
*['pɒstjuleit]n. 假定, 基本条件vt. 要求, 假定【医】 假说, 要点【经】 假定, 先决条件, 基本原理
📖 同为「CET-6」词汇
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Don't tie it to that old branch. I think it'll break. Tie it to the one on the right.
别把它绑在那根老树枝上。我想它会断的。把它绑在右边的树枝上。
The question was, which one?
问题是，哪一种气体导致火灾呢？
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。