posit

posit
[ˈpɒzɪt]
(posited, positing)

[with obj.]assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument
假设，假定；设想
the Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature.
这一儒家观点认为人性本善。
[with clause]he posited that the world economy is a system with its own particular equilibrium.
他设想世界经济是一个有其自身的某种平衡体系。
■(posit something on)base something on the truth of (a particular assumption)
建立在（假说）上
these plots are posited on a false premise about women's nature as inferior.
这些情节是建立在一个错误的前提之上的，那就是女人天生下等。
[with obj. and adverbial]put in position; place
安置，放置
the Professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets.
这位教授把科恩放在了他的第二类诗人里。

noun

(Philosophy)a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true
(哲)假想

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