posit
verb /ˈpɒzɪt/
/ˈpɑːzɪt/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they posit | /ˈpɒzɪt/ /ˈpɑːzɪt/ |
| he / she / it posits | /ˈpɒzɪts/ /ˈpɑːzɪts/ |
| past simple posited | /ˈpɒzɪtɪd/ /ˈpɑːzɪtɪd/ |
| past participle posited | /ˈpɒzɪtɪd/ /ˈpɑːzɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form positing | /ˈpɒzɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːzɪtɪŋ/ |
- posit something | posit that… to suggest or accept that something is true so that it can be used as the basis for an argument or discussion
假设；认定；认为…属实 - Most religions posit the existence of life after death.
大多数宗教都假定人死后生命仍存在。 - She posits that ideas of gender are socially constructed.
她认为性别观念是由社会建构的。 - They were forced to modify the political premises on which the regime was posited.
他们被迫改变该政权的政治前提。
Collocations DictionaryPosit is used with these nouns as the object:- existence
词源mid 17th cent.: from Latin posit- ‘placed’, from the verb ponere. - Most religions posit the existence of life after death.