posit
英 [ˈpɒzɪt] 美 [ˈpɑzɪt]
■经济学人例句
① Mr Ansar and his co-authors assume this margin is 40%:they posit a ratio of expected benefits to costs of 1.4 for every project.安萨尔及其合著者假设利润率是40%：他们假定每个项目的预期收益成本比都是1.4。② Principally,it posits,Brazil must protect its natural riches.它首先假定巴西必须保护其自然财富。
■释义
[verb] Put forward as fact or as a basis for argument [动词] 作为事实或论证基础而提出
■解读
Posit一词源于拉丁语动词ponere（放置），强调为了进一步探讨和论证而提出一个观点并假定它成立。在用法上，它常与on连用，如“these policies are posited on a false premise”。它另外一个不太常用的意思保留了拉丁语的原义，表示“放置、提出”。
■近义词
postulate, propound
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