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

• 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。
• The more modern term is analytic propositions.
  有更多现代化的术语用来分析这个命题。
• Predicate logic: also predicate calculus, which studies the internal structure of simple propositions.
  谓词逻辑：也叫谓词演算，它研究简单命题的内部结构。
• We have put forward many initiatives and propositions in this regard and made our due contribution to regional peace, stability and development.
  我们提出了许多倡议和主张，为本地区和平稳定与发展作出了自己的贡献。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some propositions are true for any truth value of their variables. Such propositions are called tautology.
  某些命题对于变元后的任何一种真值状况，它均为真，这样的命题称为重言式。
• Implicit in this approach are the value propositions of consistency, quality, and reuse.
  其背后的隐式价值所在就是一致性、高质量及重用性。
• 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。
• 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。