英语词汇“posit”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pos·it

(pŏzĭt)

tr.v. pos·it·ed, pos·it·ing, pos·its

1. To assume or put forward, as for consideration or the basis of argument: "If a book is hard going, it ought to be good. If it posits a complex moral situation, it ought to be even better" (Anthony Burgess).

2. To place firmly in position.

Phrasal Verb:

posit on (or upon)

To base (something) on an assumption regarding (something else); assume (something) to have (something else) as a basis: "His plan was posited on luck and failed to take account of delays caused by adverse weather and disease" (Fergus Fleming).

[From Latin positus, past participle of pōnere, to place; see POSITION.]

单词	posit
释义	pos·it (pŏzĭt) tr.v. pos·it·ed, pos·it·ing, pos·its 1. To assume or put forward, as for consideration or the basis of argument: "If a book is hard going, it ought to be good. If it posits a complex moral situation, it ought to be even better" (Anthony Burgess). 2. To place firmly in position. *Phrasal Verb:* *posit on (or upon)* To base (something) on an assumption regarding (something else); assume (something) to have (something else) as a basis: "His plan was posited on luck and failed to take account of delays caused by adverse weather and disease" (Fergus Fleming). [From Latin positus, past participle of pōnere, to place; see POSITION.]
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