presuppositions

英 [ˌpriːsʌpəˈzɪʃənz]

美 [ˌprisəpəˈzɪʃənz]

n.  假设的事情; 假定; 预设
presupposition的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （尤指必需的）假设，预想，预设
  Apresuppositionis something that you assume to be true, especially something which you must assume is true in order to continue with what you are saying or thinking.
  1. ...the presupposition that human life must be sustained for as long as possible.
     人的生命一定可以尽可能延长的假设

双语例句

• Then finally, one of the last major presuppositions that relates to the historical consciousness I talked about: the idea that there's a gap between the world of the Bible and our world.
  最后，和我所讲的历史意识有关的，最重要的假定之一是：，圣经世界和我们的世界，之间有鸿沟。
• Your actions are based on some false presuppositions.
  你的行动是基于一些错误的假设。
• The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity.
  认识论哲学的一个分支，研究知识的本质，先决条件和基础及其程度和效力。
• By metaphorical dimension, Obama employs nature metaphors and journey metaphors to indicate certain presuppositions.
  从隐喻维度，奥巴马运用自然式隐喻和旅途式隐喻表征特定预设。
• Linguistic Presuppositions occur when certain information or relationships must be accepted as true in order to make sense of a particular statement.
  语言的假设是指必须先接受某一信息或关系为真实的，才能使某句话有意义。
• Counter-offense: to expose the presuppositions of the non-Christian position.
  反攻及攻击：揭露对方的预设（揭底牌）。
• Through the analysis of Thunderstorm, the literary functions of pragmatic presuppositions are revealed.
  通过分析《雷雨》中的语用预设，揭示其重要的文学功能。
• The relationship between cognitive and normative conceptualizations, here as elsewhere, is empirically fluid; normative conceptualizations always imply certain cognitive presuppositions.
  就像别处一样，在经验上，认知与规概念化的相互关系是流动的；规概念化必然包含某些认知的前提。
• Since presupposition is sensitive to context, one utterance may convey different presuppositions in different contexts.
  由于预设对语境的极其敏感性，同一句话在不同语境下会表达出不同的预设。
• The philosophy of this movement was to "let things appear as they are" or to refrain from reading our presuppositions into a text.
  这一派哲学要“让事物如其所是的出现”，也就是要避免在阅读的时候将先入之见带进文本。