| 释义 |
proposal|prəʊˈpəʊzəl|
[f. propose v. + -al1.]
1.
†a. The action, or an act, of putting before the mind; setting forth, propounding, statement. Obs.
1653H. More Antid. Ath. i. x. (1712) 30 That which all men admit true, though upon the proposal of another, is undoubtedly to be termed true. 1667Decay Chr. Piety i. ⁋10 This clear proposal of the promises is most proper to encourage and inspirit our endeavours. 1678Owen Mind of God ii. 33 Revelation is the Discovery of anything, whether by the proposal of it unto us, or [etc.].
b. Philos. (See quots.) rare.
1932W. E. Johnson in Mind XLI. 1 (title) Probability: the relations of proposal to supposal. Ibid. 5 Any statement of implication, whether formal or material, may be translated into the language of probability by taking the implicans as supposal and the implicate as proposal. 1944Mind LIII. 98 Following Johnson I shall call the proposition on the left of the solidus the ‘proposal’ and that on the right of it the ‘supposal’.
2.
†a. A putting forward of something for acceptance; an offer. Obs. exc. as in b.
1673Lady's Call. i. v. §4 God's Laws..are inforced upon us by the proposals both of punishments and rewards.
b. spec. An offer of marriage.
1749Fielding Tom Jones xvii. iii, Some Person hath made Proposals to Miss Western, which the Ladies of the Family approve. 1782F. Burney Cecilia ii. vii, Her unaffected aversion to the proposals she had received. 1900E. Glyn Visits Eliz. (1906) 53 Dearest Mamma,—I have had a proposal! Isn't it too interesting?
3. a. The action, or usually (now always) an act, of proposing something to be done; an offer to do something; a scheme or plan of action proposed.
1657Cromwell Sp. 20 Apr. in Carlyle, What comes from the Parliament in the exercise of their Legislative power, as this Proposal does. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 382 A proposal of annulling all the taxes. 1874Green Short Hist. viii. §4. 493 The proposal was welcomed with..enthusiasm.
b. Law. (See quot.)
1848–83Wharton's Law Lex., Proposal, a statement in writing of some special matter submitted to the consideration of a chief clerk in the Court of Chancery, pursuant to an order made upon an application ex parte, or a decretal order of the court. It is either for maintenance of an infant, appointment of a guardian, placing a ward of the court at the university, or in the army, or [etc.].
c. An offer or tender. Now U.S.
1748in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 158 A Committee..to receive proposals for doing the whole work... And that all proposals be given in to them..sealed up. 1914Chicago Tribune 8 May 14 Sealed proposals plainly marked on the outside ‘Proposals for coal’..will be received at the Indian Office. 1935H. W. Horwill Dict. Mod. Amer. Usage 244/1 Proposal is sometimes used in Am. in the sense of tender.
4. Comb., as proposal-form; proposal-paper, a paper proposing a person for admission to a society, club, or the like.
1859Lang Wand. India 25 A lady..actually sent round a proposal paper in her own handwriting, and by one of her own servants. She failed of course. |