| 单词 | presuppose |
| 释义 | presuppose (once / 2545 pages) v To presuppose is to take something as a given; presupposing is like assuming. When you suppose something is true, you assume it's true; to presuppose means something similar. The pre — which means "before" — is a reminder that what you're assuming is background or pretext for something else. Asking “Want soup?” presupposes someone is hungry. Asking a woman "When is the baby due?" presupposes that she’s pregnant. Presupposing can be dangerous: if your presuppositions are incorrect, you could jump to the wrong conclusion. WORD FAMILYpresuppose: presupposed, presupposes, presupposing, presupposition+/presupposition: presuppositions/supposable: supposably/supposal: supposals/suppose: presuppose, supposable, supposal, supposed, supposes, supposing, supposition/supposed: supposedly/supposition: suppositional, suppositions, suppositious, supposititious/suppositious: suppositiously/supposititious: supposititiously USAGE EXAMPLESOf course, this figure presupposes we’d still be drinking U.S. milk, which is anything but certain. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) Repose presupposes a fantasy world in which stability is self-sustaining without the United States. Washington Post(Dec 01, 2016) Science’s quest for knowledge about reality presupposes the importance of truth, both as an end in itself and as a means of resolving problems. Nature(Nov 27, 2016) 1v take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand I presuppose that you have done your work Syn|Hypo|Hyper suppose posit, postulate take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom premise, premisstake something as preexisting and given assert, insistassert to be true assume, presume, take for granted take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof 2v require as a necessary antecedent or precondition This step presupposes two prior ones Syn|Hyper suppose imply suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic |
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