premiss

• 名词，指被当作真实而接受、并作为论证或推理基础的陈述或命题。

A noun referring to a statement or proposition that is assumed to be true and serves as the basis for an argument or conclusion.

1. Assumed statement for reasoningB2formal

   A statement or proposition that is assumed to be true and serves as the basis for an argument or conclusion.

   前提

   • The argument is based on the premiss that all humans are mortal.
   • If the premiss is false, the entire conclusion may be invalid.
   • The philosopher questioned the premiss of the theory.

   同义词antecedentassumptionbasisgroundhypothesispostulatepremisepropositionsupposition

• “premise”的过时或古旧拼写，表示把某事作为论证的基础提出或假定。

An archaic or obsolete spelling of 'premise', meaning to state or assume something as a basis for argument.

1. Assume as a basisC1formalbritish

   To take something as a given or preexisting fact, especially as a basis for reasoning or argument.

   以…为前提

   • The argument premisses that all humans are mortal.
   • In her theory, she premisses the existence of a universal moral code.
   • The study premisses a stable economic environment for its projections.

   同义词assumepositpostulatepredicatepresupposesuppose