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postulate

verb
🔊/ˈpɒstʃəleɪt/
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəleɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they postulate
🔊/ˈpɒstʃəleɪt/
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəleɪt/
he / she / it postulates
🔊/ˈpɒstʃəleɪts/
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəleɪts/
past simple postulated
🔊/ˈpɒstʃəleɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəleɪtɪd/
past participle postulated
🔊/ˈpɒstʃəleɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəleɪtɪd/
-ing form postulating
🔊/ˈpɒstʃəleɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃəleɪtɪŋ/
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  1. postulate something | postulate that… to suggest or accept that something is true so that it can be used as the basis for a theory, etc.假定；假设 synonym posit
    • They postulated a 500-year lifespan for a plastic container.他们假定塑料容器的寿命为 500 年。🔊🔊
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    • This theory was first postulated in 1848.这种理论最早是在1848年提出的。
    • Some linguists have postulated a change in English pronunciation from around 1600.一些语言学家假定大约从1600年开始英语发音出现了变化。
    • She postulates that the interests of girls from some ethnic minorities have largely been ignored.她假定，一些少数民族的女孩的利益在很大程度上被忽略了。
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPostulate is used with these nouns as the object:
    • existence
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin postulat- ‘asked’, from the verb postulare.

postulate

noun
🔊/ˈpɒstʃələt/
🔊/ˈpɑːstʃələt/
(formal)
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  1. a statement that is accepted as true, that forms the basis of a theory, etc.假定；假设
    • Work done in the laboratory showed that his postulates were probably correct.在实验室完成的工作表明，他的假设可能是正确的。
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin postulat- ‘asked’, from the verb postulare.