剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - premise collapse

premise
noun [C] /ˈprem.ɪs/
* an idea or theory on which a statement or action is based
（作为先决条件的）假定，前提

1. [+ that] They had started with the premise that all men are created equal.
他们是从人人生而平等此一前提出发的。

2. The research project is based on the premise stated earlier.
这项研究计划是基于早先提出的假设之上的。

verb [T] /prɪˈmaɪz/
/ˈprem.ɪs/
formal
* to base a theory, argument, etc. on an idea, thought, or belief
假定…为先决条件，作为…的前提

1. He premised his argument on several incorrect assumptions.
他把自己的论证建立在了几个错误的假设之上。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - premise collapse

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The spelling premiss is also used in British English for meaning 2. 在英国英语中拼写形式premiss亦用于义项2。
1.N-PLURAL 复数名词（企业或机构使用的）房屋及土地；经营场所；办公场所 The premises of a business or an institution are all the buildings and land that it occupies in one place.

【搭配模式】：oft on the N

  • There is a kitchen on the premises...

    该处有一个厨房。

  • The business moved to premises in Brompton Road.

    这家公司搬到了布朗普顿路。

2.N-COUNT 可数名词前提 A premise is something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea.

【搭配模式】：oft N that

【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

  • The premise is that schools will work harder to improve if they must compete...

    前提是，如果各学校必须参与竞争的话，就会更加努力。

  • The programme started from the premise that men and women are on equal terms in this society.

    这个项目是以这个社会男女平等为前提的。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - premise collapse

premise
prem·ise (BrE also less frequent prem·iss) / 5premis / noun   (formal)a statement or an idea that forms the basis for a reasonable line of argument
   前提；假定:
   the basic premise of her argument
   她的论证的基本前提
   a false premise
   错误的前提
   His reasoning is based on the premise that all people are equally capable of good and evil.
   他的推理是以人可以为善亦可以为恶为前提的。

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - premise collapse

premise noun
⇨ theory 2

新牛津英语同义词词典 - premise collapse

premise

noun
a philosophy based on the premise that human life consists of a series of choices
PROPOSITION , assumption, premiss, hypothesis, thesis, presupposition, postulation, postulate, supposition, presumption, surmise, conjecture, speculation, datum, argument, assertion, belief, thought.

verb
one school of thought premised that the cosmos is indestructible
POSTULATE , hypothesize, conjecture, posit, theorize, suppose, presuppose, surmise, assume, predicate, argue, state, assert; rare hypothecate.

词源记忆 - premise collapse

premise 假设，前提，房屋，土地
来自古法语premisse, 来自拉丁语premissa, 前提，假设，在前面的论断，来自pre-, 在前，早于；-miss, 送出，提出，词源同mission, emit。在法律文件中意为前面陈述之事，描述物，通常指土地或房屋，因而引申该词义。