| 释义 |
proposition /prop-ə-zishˈən/ noun- An act of propounding or (more rarely) proposing
- The thing propounded or proposed
- An offer (Shakespeare)
- A question propounded (Shakespeare)
- A statement of a judgement
- A form of statement in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject (logic)
- A premise, esp a major premise (logic)
- A statement of a problem or theorem for (or with) solution or demonstration (mathematics)
- Enunciation of a subject in a fugue (music)
- A possibility, suggestion, course of action, etc, to be considered
- Any situation, thing or person considered as something to cope with, eg an enterprise, job, opponent, etc (slang, orig US)
- An invitation to sexual intercourse (informal)
transitive verb To make a proposition to (someone), esp to solicit (a woman) for sexual relations ORIGIN: L prōpositiō, -ōnis, from prō before; see position proposiˈtional adjective propositional attitude noun (philosophy) The attitude adopted by a person towards a proposition propositional calculus see under calculus |