premise
premise 英 ['premɪs] 美 [ˈprɛmɪs]
n. 前提
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- A premise is what forms the basis of a theory or a plot. When you called 911 on the guy in your back yard, it was on the premise that he was a thief and not the meter-reader.
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- n. 前提
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1. the basic premise of her argument
她的论证的基本前提
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2. a false premise
错误的前提
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3. We must act on the premise that the worst can happen.
我们必须在可能发生最坏事态的前提下行动.
- premise (n.) late 14c., in logic, "a previous proposition from which another follows," from Old French premisse (14c.), from Medieval Latin premissa (propositio or sententia) "(the proposition) set before," noun use of fem. past participle of Latin praemittere "send forward, put before," from prae "before" (see pre-) + mittere "to send" (see mission). In legal documents it meant "matter previously stated" (early 15c.), which in deeds or wills often was a house or building, hence the extended meaning "house or building, with grounds" (1730).
- premise (v.) "to state before something else," mid-15c., from premise (n.). Related: Premised; premising.
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