theorize

英 [ˈθɪəraɪz]

美 [ˈθiːəraɪz]

v.  从理论上说明; 形成理论; 理论化

现在分词：theorizing　过去分词：theorized　过去式：theorized　第三人称单数：theorizes　

Collins.1 / BNC.25941 / COCA.10652

牛津词典

verb

• 从理论上说明；形成理论；理论化
  to suggest facts and ideas to explain sth; to form a theory or theories about sth
  1. The study theorizes about the role of dreams in peoples' lives.
     这项研究从理论上说明了梦在人们生活中的作用。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 theorise


• VERB 从理论上说明;建立理论
  If youtheorizethat something is true ortheorizeabout it, you develop an abstract idea or set of ideas about something in order to explain it.
  1. Police are theorizing that the killers may be posing as hitchhikers...
     警方推测那些杀手可能会假装成搭便车的人。
  2. By studying the way people behave, we can theorize about what is going on in their mind.
     通过研究人们的行为方式，我们可以从中推断他们内心的想法。

英英释义

verb

• form or construct theories
  1. he thinks and theorizes all day
• construct a theory about
  1. Galileo theorized the motion of the stars
• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  1. Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
  Synonym:speculatetheoriseconjecturehypothesizehypothesisehypothecatesuppose

双语例句

• They also theorize that exercise training improves immune function and reduces the inflammatory responses that can impact cancer development.
  他们还从理论上认为，体育锻炼能够提高免疫功能，减少在癌症发生中起重要作用的炎性反应。
• The researchers theorize that engagement plays a key role in weight loss because it offers an always-accessible network of support.
  研究人员推论，参与在减肥中起着关键性的作用，因为它提供了一个永远开放的网络支持。
• Some theorize that angry natural forces inhabited the original black oozes, animating the contaminated waste of mining operations and using it to enact vengeance on the miners.
  有人推论说，愤怒的自然之力创造了最初的黑色淤泥，活生生的采矿作业的污染垃圾，并使用它来报复矿工们。
• In this paper, we theorize how task and team familiarity interact with task and team coordination complexity to influence team performance.
  在此论文中，我们建立了理论，即任务和小组熟悉度如何与任务和小组协作复杂性相合去影响小组绩效。
• It is very easy for us to speak and theorize about faith, but God often casts us into crucibles to try our gold, and to separate it from the dross and alloy.
  对别人讲说信心是很容易的事；但是，神常常将我们丢入坩埚里去提炼我们，要把贵金与劣金分别出来。
• Dong Zhong-shu chiefly employed the method of analogy to systematize and theorize the Confucian theory of man is an integral part of nature in "chunqiu fanlu".
  摘要汉儒董仲舒在《春秋繁露》中，主要运用了类比论证的方式将儒家“天人合一”思想系统化、理论化。
• Why do not archeologists theorize Hebrew or Egyptian linkages or influences in Mesoamerica?
  为什麽考古学家不将希伯来文或埃及文对古代中美洲的影响理论化？
• It is unclear why thought speed affects mood, but Pronin and her colleagues theorize that our own expectations may be part of the equation.
  人们还不清楚为什么思考速度能影响心情，不过Pronin和她的同事提出的理论认为我们自身的期盼可能在整个过程中起到一定的作用。
• As much as we try to calculate and theorize "chaos", it is still" chaos ".
  尽管我们不厌其烦地试图估算“混沌”并将其理论化，但它仍然是“混沌”一片。
• We can't allow ourselves to theorize about the development of city centers; Circumstances press us into making practical decisions.
  我们不能允许自己只从理论上说明城市中心的发展；形势逼我们做实际的决定。