theorize

英 [ˈθɪəraɪz]

美 [ˈθiːəraɪz]

v.  从理论上说明; 形成理论; 理论化

现在分词：theorizing　过去分词：theorized　过去式：theorized　第三人称单数：theorizes　

Collins.1 / BNC.25941 / COCA.10652

牛津词典

verb

• 从理论上说明；形成理论；理论化
  to suggest facts and ideas to explain sth; to form a theory or theories about sth
  1. The study theorizes about the role of dreams in peoples' lives.
     这项研究从理论上说明了梦在人们生活中的作用。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 theorise


• VERB 从理论上说明;建立理论
  If youtheorizethat something is true ortheorizeabout it, you develop an abstract idea or set of ideas about something in order to explain it.
  1. Police are theorizing that the killers may be posing as hitchhikers...
     警方推测那些杀手可能会假装成搭便车的人。
  2. By studying the way people behave, we can theorize about what is going on in their mind.
     通过研究人们的行为方式，我们可以从中推断他们内心的想法。

英英释义

verb

• form or construct theories
  1. he thinks and theorizes all day
• construct a theory about
  1. Galileo theorized the motion of the stars
• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  1. Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
  Synonym:speculatetheoriseconjecturehypothesizehypothesisehypothecatesuppose

双语例句

• But some researchers theorize females may experience a'tend-and-befriend'response as well, pumping out extra oxytocin and prolactin, hormones that enhance nurturing.
  但是，一些研究人员的理论称女性还可能会经历一种“照料+交友”的反应，产生大量的催产素和催乳激素。
• Why do not archeologists theorize Hebrew or Egyptian linkages or influences in Mesoamerica?
  为什麽考古学家不将希伯来文或埃及文对古代中美洲的影响理论化？
• Black oozes do not appear concerned with self-preservation, and some theorize they cannot feel pain.
  黑色淤泥似乎并不关心自我保护，一些人认为它们无法感觉到疼痛。
• Linguists theorize about the relationship between the structure of language and the ways in which language is used.
  语言学家把语言结构及语言运用方式做理论上的说明。
• This article briefly outlines the history of fashion clothes ad attempts to theorize the phenomenon of fashion in its social and cultural significance.
  在简要地勾勒时装历史的同时描述了对于时装时尚现象的社会和文化意义进行理论概括的种种尝试。
• The sleeping brain, they theorize, is vastly capable of synthesizing complex information.
  他们形成的理论是睡眠的大脑对合成复杂信息具有非常强的能力。
• Dong Zhong-shu chiefly employed the method of analogy to systematize and theorize the Confucian theory of man is an integral part of nature in "chunqiu fanlu".
  摘要汉儒董仲舒在《春秋繁露》中，主要运用了类比论证的方式将儒家“天人合一”思想系统化、理论化。
• They theorize that colon tumors that developed in women who had used estrogen for many years may have been less susceptible to estrogen growth-slowing effects.
  他们推理为，使用雌激素多年的妇女患的结肠肿瘤可能对雌激素减缓生长的作用缺乏敏感。
• As much as we try to calculate and theorize "chaos", it is still" chaos ".
  尽管我们不厌其烦地试图估算“混沌”并将其理论化，但它仍然是“混沌”一片。
• It is a grave mistake to theorize before one has data.
  在获得数据之前就进行理论阐述，这是一个严重的错误。