propositions

英 [ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃnz]

美 [ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃnz]

n.  提议，建议(尤指业务上的); 欲做的事; 待处理的问题; 任务; (美国)法律修正议案
v.  求欢
proposition的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （难办或诱人的）事情，任务
  If you describe something such as a task or an activity as, for example, a difficultpropositionor an attractiveproposition, you mean that it is difficult or pleasant to do.
  1. Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition...
     轻松赚钱总是件诱人的事。
  2. Even among seasoned mountaineers Pinnacle Ridge is considered quite a tough proposition.
     即使在经验丰富的登山者中，平纳克尔峰也被认为是很难攀登的。
• N-COUNT 见解；观点
  Apropositionis a statement or an idea which people can consider or discuss to decide whether it is true.
  1. The proposition that democracies do not fight each other is based on a tiny historical sample.
     认为民主国家互不争斗的观点是以一个极小的历史样本为根据的。
• N-COUNT （美国的）法律修正案
  In the United States, apropositionis a question or statement about an issue of public policy which appears on a voting paper so that people can vote for or against it.
  1. Vote Yes on Proposition 136, but No on Propositions 129, 133 and 134.
     对第136号修正案投赞成票，但对第129号、133号和134号修正案投反对票。
• N-COUNT 提议；建议；提案
  Apropositionis an offer or a suggestion that someone makes to you, usually concerning some work or business that you might be able to do together.
  1. You came to see me at my office the other day with a business proposition...
     几天前你带着一份商业提案来我的办公室见我。
  2. I want to make you a proposition.
     我想给你提一个建议。
• VERB 向…提出下流的要求；向…提出猥亵的要求
  If someone who you do not know very wellpropositionsyou, they suggest that you have sex with them.
  1. He had allegedly tried to proposition a colleague.
     据说他曾试图向一名同事求欢。
  2. Propositionis also a noun.
     
  3. ...unwanted sexual propositions.
     令人讨厌的求欢

双语例句

• In logic and metaphysics, a modality of propositions that is dual to the modality of possibility.
  在逻辑和形上学中，命题模态是可能性模态的两倍。
• Gorgias'three propositions concerning existence has threatened the survival and development of philosophy and its influence still exists today.
  高尔吉亚关于存在的三个命题，对哲学的生存和发展构成了威胁。这种威胁至今尚未得到消除。
• Finally, we tested our model and propositions using longitudinal case study from Shenzhen's cell phone industry.
  最后基于深圳手机产业的纵向案例研究对这一理论模型和相关研究命题进行了检验。
• The study of custom can be profitable only after certain preliminary propositions have been accepted, and some of these propositions have been violently opposed.
  只有在接受了某些初步建议，而这些建议中有一些受到了激烈的反对之后，对风俗的研究才能有得益。
• We have to get our people used to some propositions that are entirely new to them.
  我们有必要使我国人民对某些新鲜主张习惯起来。
• The proof of propositions embodies the importance of the theorem.
  定理的重要性具体体现在命题的证明中。
• Indeed the understanding of general propositions palpably depends on the understanding of elementary propositions.
  的确，对一般命题的理解显然是依赖于对基本命题的理解的。
• This is one of the most elementary war propositions.
  这是战争的最基本的命题之一。
• That is two propositions about ideological structure and function.
  这是阿尔都塞关于意识形态结构与功能的两大命题。
• Before discussing his theory, it is necessary to explain Kant's distinction between analytic and synthetic propositions.
  讨论康德的理论之前，有必要解释一下康德在分析命题与综合命题之间的区分。