| 释义 |
pro·pound
\prəˈpau̇nd, prōˈ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: alteration of earlier propoun, alteration (influenced by obsolete English compoun — var of English compound (I) — & obsolete English expoun — variant of English expound) of propone, from Middle English (Scots) proponen, from Latin proponere to display, declare, propound, from pro before + ponere to put, place — more at for, position
transitive verb
1. : to offer for consideration, deliberation, or debate : put for solution : set forth
< propound a doctrine >
: propose
< propound a question >
< propound a hypothesis >
2. : to propose or name as a candidate (as for admission to communion with a church or for an office)
3. obsolete : to set before one's own mind or another's as an incentive, motive, aim, representation, or idea
< darest thou to the Son of God propound to worship thee — John Milton >
intransitive verb
: to make a proposal : put a question |