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  1. posit

    • IPA[ˈpɒzɪt]

    英式

    • v.
      put forward as fact or as a basis for argument;base something on the truth of (a particular assumption)
    • n.
      a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.
    • verb: posit, 3rd person present: posits, gerund or present participle: positing, past tense: posited, past participle: posited

    • 釋義

    動詞

    • 1. put forward as fact or as a basis for argument the Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature
    • base something on the truth of (a particular assumption) these plots are posited on a false premise about women's nature as inferior
    • 2. put in position; place the Professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets

    名詞

    • 1. a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.
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    • IPA[ˈpäzət]

    美式

    • v.
      assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument: the Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature he posited that the world economy is a system with its own particular equilibrium
    • n.
      a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.

    Oxford American Dictionary