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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   postulate

   • v.
     suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief；(in ecclesiastical law) nominate or elect (someone) to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority
   • n.
     a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief；an assumption used as a basis for mathematical reasoning.

   • verb: postulate, 3rd person present: postulates, gerund or present participle: postulating, past tense: postulated, past participle: postulated

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief his theory postulated a rotatory movement for hurricanes he postulated that the environmentalists might have a case
   • 2. (in ecclesiastical law) nominate or elect (someone) to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority the chapter was then allowed to postulate the bishop of Bath

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. formal a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect
   • ▪ formal an assumption used as a basis for mathematical reasoning.