英 [ˈpɒstʃəleɪt] 美 [ˈpɑːstʃəleɪt]
v. 假定，假设；（教会法）提名（某人）任圣职，选举（某人）任圣职
n. <正式>假定，假设；<正式>（数）公设
复数postulates
第三人称单数postulates
现在分词postulating
过去式postulated
过去分词postulated
postulate /ˈpɒstjʊleɪt/ TEM8 [ postulating postulated postulates ]
及物动词 If you postulate something, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis. 假定
He dismissed arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures and regions.
他无法接受的是假定人权标准在不同文化和地区有所不同。
假定
公设；假设
公设
公设
... blended混合的，混杂的 postulate假定，设定，先决条件，基本原理 presume假定，推测，以为 ...
比如说，议员们可以向联邦委员会提出要求(postulate)和质询(question)。
公设(Postulate)：不必证明，但只在某种学科中被认定成立的真理，例如相 对论中，光速为一孙宙常数；或欧氏几何学中有五项基本公设。
之所以称之为假定，是由于假设(Postulates)是基本条件，带有不以人的意志为转移的性质，假定（Assumptions）是在一定程度上根据目标的要求所设置的条件，具有主观因素（葛家...
postulation 假定；要求；圣职任命
postulator 请愿者；假定者；宣福申请人，列圣申请人
基本条件；假定
The universe encompasses all of space and time we know, so it is beyond the realm of the Big Bang model to postulate what the universe beyond our horizon is.
宇宙包含我们所知的所有空间和时间，所以要求用大爆炸模型解释我们视界之外的宇宙超出了这个模型的限定范围。
Therefore some scientists postulate that the Earth's earliest atmosphere, unlike that of today, was dominated by hydrogen, methane, and ammonia.
因此，一些科学家推断，地球早期的大气与现在的不一样，主要由氢、甲烷和氨构成。
Let's postulate that she is a cook.
我们假定她是一位厨师。
And then, for the next piece of information, I am going to go to postulate number five.
接下来，我要讲假设五。
固态化学导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
The total energy of the system, which we are going to get from postulate number four, which says the energy of the electron, which is the energy of the system, is the sum of the kinetic and the potential energy.
这个系统的总能量，也就是我们将从第四个假设中算出的能量，也就是电子运动产生的能量，也就是整个系统的能量，是动能和位能的总和。
固态化学导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
In many ways he is advancing a philosophic postulate of great scope and power, although the full development of the thesis is only left deeply embedded.
从很多方面看来,他是在向一种宏观视野,与权力的哲学式假说迈进，虽然这个论点并未发展完全,只是深植在他的想法中。
政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
This was good enough to postulate that this bond would yield 6.5 percent in its outer years.
With the benefit of hindsight, it's a little easier to postulate why the votes went the way they were.
Human population is probably a bubble and it might burst, as I postulate in my latest science fiction medical thriller The First Horseman.