presupposes

英 [ˌpriːsəˈpəʊzɪz]

美 [ˌpriːsəˈpoʊzɪz]

v.  姑且认为; 假设; 以…为前提; 依…而定
presuppose的第三人称单数

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

• Assurance of continual enhancement of product quality presupposes excellent staff, advanced equipment and scientific management system.
  优秀的人才、先进的设备和科学的管理体系，是提高产品质量的保障。
• 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。
• This presupposes that the person has learnt how to accept other people, to relate with them, while respecting their dignity in diversity.
  这个则需要假设，个人学习了，如何接纳别的人，与他们建立关系，且在差异点上，尊重他们的尊严。
• 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 three questions cannot be completely solved in one day, especially for the elevation of fruit growers'qualities, which presupposes a long way to realize modernization.
  这三个问题解决，特别是果农素质的提高不是一朝一夕可以完全实现的，这就决定了现代化的实现有一个较长的过程。
• The prosperity and flourishing of a society presupposes that its people be well-fed and well-clothed.
  一个社会的繁荣昌盛是以丰衣足食为前提的。
• There is a need for communication which for its part presupposes an ability to communicate.
  有交流的需要的前提，是要有交流的能力。
• Each aspect of a contradiction presupposes the existence of the other aspect.
  矛盾的一方各以其另一方为自己存在的前提。
• The general rule presupposes that the letter of acceptance is properly addressed and stamped.
  一般原则预先假定承诺信件是被正确地书写了地址并且粘贴了邮票。
• "This thinking is dangerous because it presupposes that happiness is a" response'to having, being or doing something.
  这种想法是危险的，因为它预先假定快乐是一种对拥有什么、成为什么或做什么的“反应”。