Noun:

1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

Verb:

1. maintain or assert;

   "He contended that Communism had no future"
   

2. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom;

   "He posited three basic laws of nature"
   

3. require as useful, just, or proper;

   "It takes nerve to do what she did"
   "success usually requires hard work"
   "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"
   "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"
   "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"
   "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
   

The verb is pronounced /'pɒstjʊleɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'pɒstjʊlət/. 动词读作 /'pɒstjʊleɪt/。名词读作 /'pɒstjʊlət/。

1.假定；假设
If youpostulate something, you suggest it as the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation, or assume that it is the basis.

e.g. ...arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures...
假设不同文化有不同人权标准的论点
e.g. Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.
弗洛伊德曾假定我们所有人都有生存本能和死亡本能。

2.假定；假设
Apostulate is an idea that is suggested as or assumed to be the basis for a theory, argument, or calculation.

e.g. Offe also challenges thepostulate of an 'organized capitalism'.
奥费也质疑“有组织的资本主义”的假设。

1. 假设：按照<>的解释,假设(postulate)的涵义有二:(1)提出一个认为是理所当然或不言自明的命题;(2)基本的前提或假定. 第一种解释的意思是说,该命题已获得公认,不过必须通过其他假设或一般原则、准则、程序来证实,即使这一假设被公认,

• The first postulate of this hypothesis is..the assumption of total coherence.

  出自：N. Frye

• Therapy depends..on the postulate that the truth of a person's life can be uncovered in therapy.

  出自：J. Masson

• The chapter was then allowed to postulate the bishop of Bath.

  出自：W. Stubbs

They postulated a 500-year lifespan for a plastic container.

他们假定塑料容器的寿命为500年。

...arguments postulating differing standards for human rights in different cultures...

假设不同文化有不同人权标准的论点

Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct as well as a life instinct.

弗洛伊德曾假定我们所有人都有生存本能和死亡本能。

Offe also challenges the postulate of an 'organized capitalism'.

奥费也质疑“有组织的资本主义”的假设。

postulate 1 : The germ must be found in every person with the disease.

原理 1: 必须在每位患病者身上都发现此种病菌.

This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent.

这种介入疗法无需事先获得病人的同意.

This postulate suggested a practical strategy for determining relative atomic weights from elemental percentages in compounds.

这一假设为测定由各种元素组成的化合物的相关原子的质量提供了实际操作策略.

Our new postulate asserts that this is precisely what we cannot say.

我们的新假设恰好断定,这正是我们所不能说的.

Let's postulate that she is a cook.

我们假定她是一位厨师.

If so we shall have a wave function that satisfies our new postulate.

如果事实确是如此,我们就得到了一个满足新假设的波函数.

Other theories postulate that the Hutts themselves destroyed Varl in some ancient conflict.

然而有一点是真实的:瓦尔的确曾经森林茂盛、绿意盎然.

The null result was directly related to a central postulate of the theory.

零结果都直接与理论的中心假设相联系.

Zhang Dongsun thinks knowledge is joint product of sense, form and postulate.

张东荪认为知识是感相与格式以及设准等的产物.

It is a postulate in the test to measure dynamic parameters of rocket sled accurately.

对火箭滑车自身动态参数的精确测试是试验顺利进行的基本条件.

postulate 3 : The germ must cause the disease if given to a healthy person.

原理 3: 如果将该病菌注入健康人体内,会引发健康人患上相应疾病.

We can see individuals, but we can't see providence; we have to postulate it Aldous Huxley.

我们不得不认为我们可以看到个体却看不到远见; 我们必须承认它(阿尔道斯赫胥黎).

The intrinsic randomness commonly ascribed to quantum mechanics is the result of this postulate.

一般算在量子力学头上的内在随机性,其实正是这个外加假定的结果.

They postulate excessive increase in price.

他们把物价过度增长视为当然.

Produce vanward type effect adequately, it is the postulate of the communist and obligatory obligation.

充分发挥先锋模范作用, 是共产党员的基本条件和义不容辞的义务.

China is current preliminary already have the postulate that introduces competitive mechanism in power market.

中国当前已初步具备在电力市场引入竞争机制的基本条件.

A combinatin of sources of uranium may be the most realistic postulate.

各种铀来源的综合考虑可能是最现实的假说.

You might be wondering about the absence from our list of the Born postulate.

你们可能感到惊讶,在我们的列举中没有玻恩的假设.

This is also in accordance with my postulate of radical fallibility.

这也与我的极端易谬性假设是一致的.

State postulate is developed into energy state postulate.

将状态公设发展为更为本质的能态公设.

Fruit quality is the postulate that raises economic benefits.

果品质量是提高经济效益的基本条件.

We must now devise a mathematical way of expressing this postulate, and investigate its consequences.

我们现在就必须提出一种表述该假设的数学方法, 并研究由其得出的推论.

Offe also challenges the postulate of an 'organized capitalism'.

奥费也质疑“有组织的资本主义”的假设。

assume，presume，suppose，guess，postulate

这些动词均含为“假设，猜想，推测”之意。

assume指有很少或完全无根据的武断推测或不合逻辑的推理。

presume侧重以过去经验或根据现实的某些感觉把某事认定为是事实。

suppose常用词，意义较广泛，指缺乏确切事实，根据一些现象进行的推测，也可指为论证而提出合乎逻辑推理的某种假定，有时仅表示自己的意见。

guess常用词，指毫无根据仅凭个人主观臆断或碰运气的猜测。

postulate指为证实一个理论的正确性而进行的假设。