propositions

英 [ˌprɒpəˈzɪʃnz]

美 [ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃnz]

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.  求欢
proposition的第三人称单数和复数

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

双语例句

• Some propositions are true for any truth value of their variables. Such propositions are called tautology.
  某些命题对于变元后的任何一种真值状况，它均为真，这样的命题称为重言式。
• The more modern term is analytic propositions.
  有更多现代化的术语用来分析这个命题。
• The study of custom can be profitable only after certain preliminary propositions have been accepted, and some of these propositions have been violently opposed.
  只有在接受了某些初步建议，而这些建议中有一些受到了激烈的反对之后，对风俗的研究才能有得益。
• That is two propositions about ideological structure and function.
  这是阿尔都塞关于意识形态结构与功能的两大命题。
• The proving procedures of mathematical propositions construct the system deduced progressively from known conditions.
  数学命题的证明步骤是由已知条件逐步推演形成的系统。
• It puts forward five important propositions about a plausible energy future.
  这份报告给出了一个貌似有道理的能源前景，并围绕这一前景提出了五个重要观点。
• Unity is not the unity of self-consistent propositions.
  圣经的统一性，不是一些彼此一致的命题的统一性。
• The relationship between atom propositions relativity and logic calculation was analyzed.
  分析了原子命题的相关性与逻辑运算之间的关系。
• We have put forward many initiatives and propositions in this regard and made our due contribution to regional peace, stability and development.
  我们提出了许多倡议和主张，为本地区和平稳定与发展作出了自己的贡献。
• A relation between logical propositions.
  两个逻辑命题之间的关系。