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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

前提 [qiántí]
  1. 1. noun precondition

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

前提 [qiántí]
  1. 1. premise
    大(小)前提
    major (minor) premise
  2. 2. prerequisite; presupposition
    必要的前提
    essential prerequisite
    矛盾的一方各以其另一方为自己存在的前提
    Each aspect of a contradiction presupposes the existence of the other aspect.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

前提 [qiántí]
  1. 1. 指逻辑推理中所根据的已知判断,即推理的根据。如在"凡金属能导电,铁是金属,所以铁能导电"这个三段论中,前两个判断都是前提
  2. 2. 事物产生或发展的先决条件
    热爱学生是搞好教育工作的前提

Examples

必要的前提
essential prerequisite
做兼职的前提是应先做好自己的本业。
The precondition of doing part time jobs is to fulfill one’s primary occupation first.
大教育是构建知识性社会的前提
Complete education is the main prerequisite for the construction of a knowledge-based society.
格物是致知的前提和基础。
Studying the essence of things is the premise and basis of attaining knowledge.
a challenge of premises of an argument
对论点前提的质疑
a hypothetical proposition
前提的命题

Collocations

作为前提
as a precondition
前提条件
a prior condition
基本前提
a basic premise
成功的前提
a precondition for success

Word Decomposition


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