presupposes

英 [ˌpriːsəˈpəʊzɪz]

美 [ˌpriːsəˈpoʊzɪz]

v.  姑且认为; 假设; 以…为前提; 依…而定
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 预先假定；以…为前提；以…为先决条件
  If one thingpresupposesanother, the first thing cannot be true or exist unless the second thing is true or exists.
  1. All your arguments presuppose that he's a rational, intelligent man...
     你所有论点的前提都是他是一个理性而聪明的人。
  2. The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
     一个时代的结束意味着另一个时代的开始。

双语例句

• Learning to read rapidly and well presupposes that you have the necessary vocabulary and comprehension skills.
  要想学习快速高质量阅读，就必须要现有足够的单词量和一定理解的能力。
• Of course, any such operation presupposes the existence of a font covering multiple character sets or enough information to render a complex font to the screen.
  当然，任何这种操作都假定了一个先决条件：有一个包括了多种字符集的字体存在，或者有足够多的信息，足以在屏幕上呈现复合的字体。
• But all this presupposes that, as regards inferences as opposed to percepts, there is some impersonal standard of correctness.
  但是这一切都要预先假定，作为与知觉相对立的推论是有着某种非个人的正确与否的标准的。
• The project, which presupposes a fairly decent grasp of LFS and some parts of BLFS, uses several utilities and libraries that do not tend to be standard in most Linux systems.
  该项目假设相当正规地掌握了LFS和BLFS的一些部件，并使用了不会成为大多数Linux系统中的标准的几个实用工具和库。
• The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
  一个时代的结束意味着另一个时代的开始。
• "Chaos" presupposes an observable or measurable system.
  混沌意味着一个可见或是可测的系统。
• This presupposes that there is a framework in place in which several exception types are handled easily.
  它预假设有一个可以容易处理的例外种类的框架。
• This presupposes that the prototype be made in the series process with the series material.
  这就预示着原型要通过量产的过程用量产的材料制造。
• Such a rounded symmetry of groups presupposes conscious, purposeful interference with the naturally developed order.
  这样细密的集团划分，是以有意识的和有计划的干涉自发形成的秩序为前提的。
• Note that manual installation process presupposes some knowledge of PEAR's package organization structure.
  注意，手动安装过程要求用户对PEAR的包组织结构有一些了解。