(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
Verb:
maintain or assert;
"He contended that Communism had no future"
take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom;
"He posited three basic laws of nature"
require as useful, just, or proper;
"It takes nerve to do what she did"
"success usually requires hard work"
"This job asks a lot of patience and skill"
"This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"
"This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"
"This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
postulate的用法和样例:
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用作名词 (n.)
A combinatin of sources of uranium may be the most realistic postulate. 各种铀来源的综合考虑可能是最现实的假说。
Authority is a postulate of the moral order and derives from God. 权威是一种道德秩序的主张,并且它来源于上帝。
If so we shall have a wave function that satisfies our new postulate . 如果事实确是如此,我们就得到了一个满足新假设的波函数。