proposition

英 [ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃn]

美 [ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃn]

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.  向....提议

复数：propositions　过去分词：propositioned　现在分词：propositioning　过去式：propositioned　第三人称单数：propositions　

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Collins.2 / BNC.3544 / COCA.5428

牛津词典

noun

• 提议，建议（尤指业务上的）
  an idea or a plan of action that is suggested, especially in business
  1. I'd like to put a business proposition to you.
     我想向您提个业务上的建议。
  2. He was trying to make it look like an attractive proposition .
     他正设法使他的计划显得吸引人。
• 欲做的事；待处理的问题；任务
  a thing that you intend to do; a problem or task to be dealt with
  1. Getting a work permit in the UK is not always a simple proposition.
     在英国获得工作许可证往往不是一件简单的事情。
• （美国）法律修正议案
  (in the US) a suggested change to the law that people can vote on
  1. How did you vote on Proposition 8?
     对于第8项修正案你是怎么投的票？
• 见解；主张；观点
  a statement that expresses an opinion
  1. Her assessment is based on the proposition that power corrupts.
     她的分析是建立在权力使人堕落的观点上的。
• 命题
  a statement of a theorem , and an explanation of how it can be proved

verb

• 求欢
  to say in a direct way to sb that you would like to have sex with them
  1. She was propositioned by a strange man in the bar.
     酒吧里有个陌生男人向她求欢。

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

英英释义

noun

• a task to be dealt with
  1. securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition
• (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
• the act of making a proposal
  1. they listened to her proposal
  Synonym:proposal
• an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
• a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
  1. it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse
  Synonym:suggestionproffer

verb

• suggest sex to
  1. She was propositioned by a stranger at the party

双语例句

• "The nature of knowledge is a form" is a false proposition.
  “知识的本质是形式”是个假命题。
• I will finish this rant with a proposition.
  我以一个建议结束我的牢骚。
• Did you accepted the colonel's proposition?
  接受上校的建议了？
• In this proposition a simple and enduring government can be conceived.
  在这个前提下，我们可以构想一个简单而持久的政府。
• The independence of Quebec seems to become an impossible proposition.
  魁北克独立，似乎成了一个不可能的命题。
• 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。
• It is a moneymaking proposition he wants to see you about.
  他想见你是要谈生意经。
• His assistant came to us with a proposition.
  他的助手带了个提议来找我们。
• This proposition was also assented to by Richards, as an obvious one.
  这个意见理查兹也同意了，因为这是显然无疑的。
• I agreed to this proposition because the fundamental principles of citation indexing and analysis have not changed.
  我同意了他的建议，因为引文索引法和引文分析的基本原理还没有改变。