predicate

英 [ˈpredɪkət , ˈpredɪkeɪt]

美 [ˈpredɪkət , ˈpredɪkeɪt]

n.  谓语(句子成分，对主语加以陈述，如John went home中的went home)
v.  使基于; 使以…为依据; 表明; 阐明; 断言

过去分词：predicated　复数：predicates　现在分词：predicating　第三人称单数：predicates　过去式：predicated　

TEM8计算机

BNC.16076 / COCA.13700

牛津词典

noun

• 谓语（句子成分，对主语加以陈述，如John went home中的went home）
  a part of a sentence containing a verb that makes a statement about the subject of the verb, such as went home in John went home.

verb

• 使基于；使以…为依据
  to base sth on a particular belief, idea or principle
  1. Democracy is predicated upon the rule of law.
     民主是以法制为基础的。
• 表明；阐明；断言
  to state that sth is true
  1. The article predicates that the market collapse was caused by weakness of the dollar.
     这篇文章声言，市场的崩溃是美元疲软造成的。

柯林斯词典

The noun is pronounced /'predɪkət/. The verb is pronounced /'predɪkeɪt/. 名词读作 /'predɪkət/。动词读作 /'predɪkeɪt/。


• 谓语
  In some systems of grammar, thepredicateof a clause is the part of it that is not the subject. For example, in 'I decided what to do', 'decided what to do' is the predicate.
• VERB 基于；取决于；以…为基础
  If you say that one situationis predicated onanother, you mean that the first situation can be true or real only if the second one is true or real.
  1. Financial success is usually predicated on having money or being able to obtain it.
     先要有钱或者能弄到钱才能够赚钱。

英英释义

noun

• one of the two main constituents of a sentence
  Synonym:verb phrase
• (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition
  1. `Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates

verb

• involve as a necessary condition of consequence
  1. solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well
  Synonym:connote
• affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
  1. The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President
  Synonym:proclaim
• make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
  1. The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'

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