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

• 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。
• As I dig in, discovering a welcome hint of ginger, Moore posits two theories of why the British are less obese than Americans.
  我开动起来，欣喜地发现一丝姜味，这时，摩尔提出了两个理论，分析为何英国人不如美国人肥胖。
• Tim Ferriss is a major advocate for the principal of Parkinson's Law& which, simply put, posits that a task can become leagues more difficult the longer a deadline.
  蒂姆菲利斯是帕金森定律的拥护者。简单来说，假设任务能够成为更为困难的集合，完工期限就会越长。
• Dr Berger posits that sediba may have evolved directly into Homo erectus, leaving habilis as an evolutionary sideline, and not even part of the genus Homo.
  李博杰博士断定南方古猿源泉种直接进化为直立猿人甚至不是人属的一部分，在这点上能人就稍逊一筹。
• Eurocurrency deposits are not demand de posits as that term is understood in the United States.
  欧洲货币存款，不是在美国所说的那种活期存款。
• 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 free radical theory of aging posits that substances with unpaired electrons attack the body's molecules and cause the functional decline of organs over time.
  衰老的自由基学说指出，自由基中的不配对电子攻击人体内其他物质的分子，从而进行配对，引起器官功能衰退。
• The study's authors argue that the stunt salary is better explained by the "managerial power hypothesis," which posits that$ 1 CEOs are pursuing their own interests.
  该研究的作者们认为，对于1美元年薪来说，更好的解释是“管理权力假说”。
• 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。
• But he admits that each culture evolves the child-rearing strategies it needs to reproduce itself, and he posits that pick when green is necessary in a complex society like ours.
  但他承认，每种文化都逐步形成了保持自我发展所需的育儿策略，他认为，未成熟就采摘在像我们这么复杂的社会中是必要的。