postulates
US /ˈpɑːs.tʃə.ləts/
UK /ˈpɒs.tʃə.ləts/
名詞
公設, 假設
a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief
範例:
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Euclid's geometric postulates are fundamental to mathematics.
歐幾里得的幾何公設是數學的基礎。
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The theory is based on several unproven postulates.
該理論基於幾個未經證實的假設。
動詞
假定, 假設
suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning or belief
範例:
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He postulates that the universe is infinite.
他假定宇宙是無限的。
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The scientists postulate the existence of dark matter.
科學家們假定暗物質的存在。
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