posit

常见例句

If she needs salvation, she will posit a savior.
如果她需要救助，她就会设想一个救助者。
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When we posit an intention we just decide which of these speakers it is.
当我们假定这样一种意图时,必须裁定哪一个是说话人。
A common strategy is to posit some externalcause such as population growth, climate change, or a new technology, and thenshow its effect on institutions and culture.
一个通常的策略是假设一些诸如人口增长、气候变化、技术革新的外因，然后说明其对制度与文化的作用。

We posit--or the fans of souls posit-- the existence of souls so as to explain something that needs explaining about us.
我们或者灵魂论的拥护者们假设,灵魂是存在的,这就能解释一些我们自身不解的东西
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Sometimes, we posit the existence of something that we can't see so as to explain something else that we all agree takes place.
有时,我们通过假设,存在某些,我们看不到的事物以解释另一些,我们一致认同存在着的事物
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Now nevertheless, the most strongly monotheistic sources of the Bible do posit a God that is qualitatively different from the gods that populated the mythology of Israel's neighbors and probably also Israelite- Judean religion.
然而，圣经中最强有力的一神论来源,的确设定了一个上帝，他从本质上不同于,那些在以色列邻邦甚至以色列-犹大宗教的,神话中流行的众神。
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And the fact that there is a disagreement over that I think we can all posit.
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Dyck and Zingales posit that bubbles distort the relationship between companies and the media.
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The answer I would posit is the protection against ultimate failure and loss provided by government.
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