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

• The propositions thus arising have been stated as universal laws of thought.
  这样产生的命题也就被宣称为有普遍性的思维规律。
• We have made our positions and propositions clear on many occasions.
  我们已多次阐述了我们的立场和主张。
• 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。
• 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。
• A relation between logical propositions.
  两个逻辑命题之间的关系。
• It puts forward five important propositions about a plausible energy future.
  这份报告给出了一个貌似有道理的能源前景，并围绕这一前景提出了五个重要观点。
• What sort of brain is it that can compose the propositions and systems of mathematics?
  哪种类型的大脑能够创造数学的定理和系统？
• Communicate value to customers through value propositions and value sell.
  通过价格建议和评估销售，向客户传达产品价值。
• 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。
• 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。