proposition

noun

OPAL W

/ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃn/

/ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃn/

an idea or a plan of action that is suggested, especially in business提议，建议，计划（尤指业务上的）
- I'd like to put a business proposition to you.我想向您提个业务上的建议。
- He was trying to make it look like an attractive proposition.他正设法使他的计划显得吸引人。
- Ring up your agent in New York and put your proposition to him.给你在纽约的代理人打电话，把你的建议告诉他。
- Is that a viable proposition?那个建议可行吗？
- We have a proposition to make.我们要提个建议。
Topics Suggestions and advicec1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- attractive
- tempting
- win-win
- …
verb + proposition
- put to somebody
- consider
- accept
- …
a thing that you intend to do; a problem, task or person to be dealt with欲做的事；待处理的问题；任务 synonym matter
- Getting a work permit in the UK is not always a simple proposition.在英国获得工作许可证往往不是一件简单的事情。
- Running the business was one thing. Getting it to make a profit was a different proposition altogether.经营管理企业是一回事，要能使之盈利则完全是另一回事。
- He's a different proposition from his father—much less tolerant.他和他父亲不同——他不那么宽容。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- difficult
- tough
- tricky
- …
(also Proposition)
(in the US) a suggested change to the law that people can vote on（美国）法律修正议案
- How did you vote on Proposition 8?对于第 8 项修正案你是怎么投的票？
Topics Politicsc1
(formal) a statement that expresses an opinion见解；主张；观点
- Her assessment is based on the proposition that power corrupts.她的分析是建立在权力使人堕落的观点上的。
- The book puts forward a number of extreme propositions about the nature of language.这本书对语言的本质提出了一些极端的见解。
Topics Opinion and argumentc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- basic
- central
- fundamental
- …
… of propositions
- set
verb + proposition
- advance
- express
- put forward
- …
proposition + verb
- concern something
- relate to something
preposition
- proposition about
(mathematics数学) a statement of a theorem, and an explanation of how it can be proved命题
- First of all we need to examine whether this proposition is true.首先需要考察这个命题是否成立。

词源Middle English: from Old French, from Latin propositio(n-), from the verb proponere ‘set forth’, from pro- ‘forward’ + ponere ‘put’.

proposition

verb

/ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃn/

/ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃn/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they proposition	/ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃn/ /ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃn/
he / she / it propositions	/ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃnz/ /ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃnz/
past simple propositioned	/ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃnd/ /ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃnd/
past participle propositioned	/ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃnd/ /ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃnd/
-ing form propositioning	/ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃənɪŋ/ /ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃənɪŋ/

proposition somebody to say in a direct way to somebody that you would like to have sex with them求欢
- She was propositioned by a strange man in the bar.酒吧里有个陌生男人向她求欢。
词源Middle English: from Old French, from Latin propositio(n-), from the verb proponere ‘set forth’, from pro- ‘forward’ + ponere ‘put’.