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

• The panspermia hypothesis posits that living cells or their precursors could have emerged on another planet or moon billions of years ago and hitched a ride to earth on a meteorite.
  “胚种假说”假设：活细胞或其前驱物可能于数十亿年前发源自其它行星或月球上，并且搭陨石的便车来到地球。
• He posits it may come from aloofness, borne out of shyness.
  他推测那可能源自因害羞产生的离群感。
• 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 cancer stem cell hypothesis posits that tumors are derived from a single cancer-initiating cell with stem cell properties.
  肿瘤干细胞学说表明肿瘤由一个具有干细胞特征的肿瘤始祖细胞分化而来。
• Finally, it posits and explores the potential value of an enterprise PM role.
  最后，本文假定并探究企业PM角色的潜在价值。
• 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。
• The theory of markedness model posits that code-switching can be divided into the marked and the unmarked.
  标记模式理论把语码转换主要分成有标记和无标记转换。
• Callahan posits that chemical elements radiate electromagnetic signals.
  卡拉汉假定化学元素放射电磁信号。
• She posits that the scores on measures of short-term memory and reaction time will vary accordingly, regardless of how long the subjects actually slept.
  兰格设想，这些受试者的短期记忆和反应时间等指标的得分将发生相应变化，而无论他们的实际睡眠时间有多长。
• Conventional wisdom posits that sideways moves are like pressing the pause button on your career, an idea that has stuck around even as organizations grow increasingly flatter.
  传统观念认为，选择平级跳槽，无异于在职业生涯的发展过程中摁下了暂停键。即使在整个商业形势不景气时，这种观点依然根深蒂固，颇有市场。