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  • [ˈpremɪs]
  • Conjugation : past  premised ; ing  premising
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

premise ['prεmɪs]
  1. 1. noun [frm] [c] [of argument] 前提
  2. 2. n pl [of business] [ institution] [ school] premises 地产
    on the premises
    在屋内
  3. 3. n pl [frm] (outside) 在房屋周围

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

premise [ˈpremɪs]
  1. 1. n.[c] [Logic] 前提假设
    This happens in nearly all aspects of special education and can occur no matter from which premise we begin.
    几乎发生特殊教育每个方面而且可能我们没有预见的前提下发生
  2. 2. n.[c] [Plural] 房产
    You'll have to leave the premises at once.
    必须马上交出房产
    In 1925, a new school was opened on the premises.
    1925年,在那块地上一所新的学校诞生了。
  3. 3. vt. 预先提出说明……的缘由
    The judge premised his decision for the press.
    法官新闻媒体说明了做此决定缘由
    He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand.
    预先叙述这些评论以便读者理解
  4. 4. vt. 为……作开场提供……的开端
    I usually premise my arguments before I begin to debate.
    辩论开始之前通常会预述自己的观点
  5. 5. vt. 假定假设
    The theory had been premised on a total governmental collapse.
    理论整个政府崩溃作为假设

Collins English-English Dictionary

premise
  1. 1. n [logic] premiss a statement that is assumed to be true for the purpose of an argument from which a conclusion is drawn
  2. 2. vb [when tr, may take a clause as object] to state or assume (a proposition) as a premise in an argument, theory, etc
  3. 3. vb [Etymology] C14: from Old French prémisse, from Medieval Latin praemissa sent on before, from Latin praemittere to dispatch in advance, from prae before + mittere to send

Examples

This happens in nearly all aspects of special education and can occur no matter from which premise we begin.
这几乎发生在特殊教育的每个方面而且有可能在我们没有预见的前提下发生。
The premise of hospice care is very close to the bone for me.
家庭关怀的前提是为我揭露真相。
大(小)前提
major (minor) premise
格物是致知的前提和基础。
Studying the essence of things is the premise and basis of attaining knowledge.

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