posits

英 [ˈpɒzɪts]

美 [ˈpɑːzɪts]

v.  假设; 认定; 认为…为实
posit的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 假定；假设
  If youpositsomething, you suggest or assume it as the basis for an argument or calculation.
  1. Several writers have posited the idea of a universal consciousness...
     有几个作者都假设存在普遍意识。
  2. Callahan posits that chemical elements radiate electromagnetic signals.
     卡拉汉假定化学元素放射电磁信号。

双语例句

• Realism, as a theory of international relations, posits that tragedy is not the triumph of evil over good, but instead the triumph of one good over another that causes suffering.
  作为国际关系理论之一，现实主义假定，悲剧不是邪恶战胜正义，而是一种会带来痛苦的正义战胜另一种正义。
• If it posits a complex moral situation, it ought to be even better.
  如果它提出了一个复杂的道德状况，那么它就更应该是本好书了。
• As I dig in, discovering a welcome hint of ginger, Moore posits two theories of why the British are less obese than Americans.
  我开动起来，欣喜地发现一丝姜味，这时，摩尔提出了两个理论，分析为何英国人不如美国人肥胖。
• The study's authors argue that the stunt salary is better explained by the "managerial power hypothesis," which posits that$ 1 CEOs are pursuing their own interests.
  该研究的作者们认为，对于1美元年薪来说，更好的解释是“管理权力假说”。
• Callahan posits that chemical elements radiate electromagnetic signals.
  卡拉汉假定化学元素放射电磁信号。
• The second explanation derives from the Red Queen Hypothesis, which posits an evolutionary arms race between predators and prey.
  第二种解释来自“红皇后假说”，该假说假定在掠食者和猎物之间存在一种跟进化相关的军备竞赛。
• The article makes the positive exploration from the goal, scope, method, and index design, and posits basic idea and approach for evaluation on benefit of governmental public expense.
  从公共支出效益评价的目标、范围、方法及指标设计上进行积极探索，提出公共支出效益评价的基本思路和方法。
• Paul de Man and Fredric Jameson more often than not impress their readers as two polemical extremes, for the latter posits the political unconscious as the untranscendable horizon of critical acts, whereas the former designates the linguistic unconscious as the ultimate reference of literary analysis.
  摘要保罗？德曼和弗雷德里克？詹姆逊给读者的印象往往是不可调和的论争对手，因为后者视政治无意识为不可超越的批评视界，而前者则把语言无意识当作文学批评的最终涉指。
• The free radical theory of aging posits that substances with unpaired electrons attack the body's molecules and cause the functional decline of organs over time.
  衰老的自由基学说指出，自由基中的不配对电子攻击人体内其他物质的分子，从而进行配对，引起器官功能衰退。
• He posits that Google is extremely confident, and that it is using the out-sized break-up fee as a way to relay that confidence to regulators.
  他认为，谷歌对于收购极度自信，它希望这种一掷千金的做法能让监管机构感受到公司的这种信心。