单词 | presuppose |
释义 | pre·sup·pose (prē′sə-pōz) tr.v. pre·sup·posed, pre·sup·pos·ing, pre·sup·pos·es 1. To believe or suppose in advance: "In passing moral judgments ... we presuppose that a man's actions, and hence also his being a good or a bad man, are in his power" (Leo Strauss). 2. To require or involve necessarily as an antecedent condition: "The term tax relief ... presupposes a conceptual metaphor: Taxes are an affliction" (George Lakoff). pre·sup′po·sition (prē-sŭp′ə-zĭshən) n. pre·sup′po·sition·al adj. |
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