posits

英 [ˈpɒzɪts]

美 [ˈpɑːzɪts]

v.  假设; 认定; 认为…为实
posit的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 假定；假设
  If youpositsomething, you suggest or assume it as the basis for an argument or calculation.
  1. Several writers have posited the idea of a universal consciousness...
     有几个作者都假设存在普遍意识。
  2. Callahan posits that chemical elements radiate electromagnetic signals.
     卡拉汉假定化学元素放射电磁信号。

双语例句

• He posits that Google is extremely confident, and that it is using the out-sized break-up fee as a way to relay that confidence to regulators.
  他认为，谷歌对于收购极度自信，它希望这种一掷千金的做法能让监管机构感受到公司的这种信心。
• He posits it may come from aloofness, borne out of shyness.
  他推测那可能源自因害羞产生的离群感。
• Paul de Man and Fredric Jameson more often than not impress their readers as two polemical extremes, for the latter posits the political unconscious as the untranscendable horizon of critical acts, whereas the former designates the linguistic unconscious as the ultimate reference of literary analysis.
  摘要保罗？德曼和弗雷德里克？詹姆逊给读者的印象往往是不可调和的论争对手，因为后者视政治无意识为不可超越的批评视界，而前者则把语言无意识当作文学批评的最终涉指。
• She posits that the scores on measures of short-term memory and reaction time will vary accordingly, regardless of how long the subjects actually slept.
  兰格设想，这些受试者的短期记忆和反应时间等指标的得分将发生相应变化，而无论他们的实际睡眠时间有多长。
• Conventional wisdom posits that sideways moves are like pressing the pause button on your career, an idea that has stuck around even as organizations grow increasingly flatter.
  传统观念认为，选择平级跳槽，无异于在职业生涯的发展过程中摁下了暂停键。即使在整个商业形势不景气时，这种观点依然根深蒂固，颇有市场。
• Eurocurrency deposits are not demand de posits as that term is understood in the United States.
  欧洲货币存款，不是在美国所说的那种活期存款。
• The cancer stem cell hypothesis posits that tumors are derived from a single cancer-initiating cell with stem cell properties.
  肿瘤干细胞学说表明肿瘤由一个具有干细胞特征的肿瘤始祖细胞分化而来。
• The second explanation derives from the Red Queen Hypothesis, which posits an evolutionary arms race between predators and prey.
  第二种解释来自“红皇后假说”，该假说假定在掠食者和猎物之间存在一种跟进化相关的军备竞赛。
• Callahan posits that chemical elements radiate electromagnetic signals.
  卡拉汉假定化学元素放射电磁信号。
• Improving China's languishing logistics network for freight would be a better use of the cash, Mr Chovanec posits.
  程致宇认为，将资金用于改善中国糟糕的货运物流网络将会是更好的选择。