英语词汇“propound”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

When you propound an idea, you put it forward. If you tell your teacher that listening to music in class would help students do their work, then you propound the idea that music can be a motivator.

The word propound is a little bit formal and often used in reference to something that’s weighty and serious. Beloved by academics of all types, you might hear someone propound, say, his theory of logocentrism in the works of Jacques Derrida. Don’t worry: you don’t need to understand the theory, you just need to understand that propound means he’s putting it out there.

WORD FAMILY

propound: propounded, propounding, propounds

USAGE EXAMPLES

Admitted to the University of Chicago Divinity School, he became intrigued by the scientific rationalism propounded by Henry Nelson Wieman, an influential liberal theologian there.

New York Times(Jan 01, 2017)

“We are aggrieved in every sense of the word by the discrimination that was propounded here,” said Robert S. Peck, a lawyer for the city.

New York Times(Nov 08, 2016)

Taras Shevchenko, whose poetry helped codify the modern Ukrainian language in the mid-1800s, propounded an ethnic nationalism that divided Ukraine from its imperial Russian masters.

Economist(Oct 20, 2016)

v put forward, as of an idea

Hyper

advise, counsel, rede

give advice to

单词	propound
释义	propound (once / 1965 pages) v When you propound an idea, you put it forward. If you tell your teacher that listening to music in class would help students do their work, then you propound the idea that music can be a motivator. The word propound is a little bit formal and often used in reference to something that’s weighty and serious. Beloved by academics of all types, you might hear someone propound, say, his theory of logocentrism in the works of Jacques Derrida. Don’t worry: you don’t need to understand the theory, you just need to understand that propound means he’s putting it out there. WORD FAMILY propound: propounded, propounding, propounds USAGE EXAMPLES Admitted to the University of Chicago Divinity School, he became intrigued by the scientific rationalism propounded by Henry Nelson Wieman, an influential liberal theologian there. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) “We are aggrieved in every sense of the word by the discrimination that was propounded here,” said Robert S. Peck, a lawyer for the city. New York Times(Nov 08, 2016) Taras Shevchenko, whose poetry helped codify the modern Ukrainian language in the mid-1800s, propounded an ethnic nationalism that divided Ukraine from its imperial Russian masters. Economist(Oct 20, 2016) v put forward, as of an idea Hyper advise, counsel, rede give advice to
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