presupposition

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /pɹiː.sʌ.pəˈzɪ.ʃ(ə)n/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation. countable,uncountable
    — He made one cardinal error in his presuppositions about the relation between language and perception, but in this he was far from alone.
  2. The act of presupposing. countable,uncountable
  3. An assumption or belief implicit in an utterance or other use of language. countable,uncountable
    — For instance: a verb might convey someone's evaluation of it as a presupposition. To say ‘they deprived him of a visit to his parents’ presupposes that he wanted to visit (vs. ‘spare him a visit...’).

词形变化

presuppositions plural

词汇关系

近义词
assumption conjecture
衍生词
presuppositional presuppositionless

词源

From Middle French présupposition, from Latin praesuppositio, from the past participle stem of praesuppōnere (“to presuppose”).
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