Proposition



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 看法
• ［英］ n. 看法 ( an unproved statement) ; 提议 ( a suggested business offer, arrangement, or settlement)
• ［记］ propose（建议, 提议）+ition

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) something offered for consideration or acceptance ; proposal
    • (2) a request for sexual intercourse
  • b. the point to be discussed or maintained in argument usually stated in sentence form near the outset
  • c. a theorem or problem to be demonstrated or performed
• 2.
  • a. an expression in language or signs of something that can be believed, doubted, or denied or is either true or false
  • b. the objective meaning of a proposition
• 3. something of an indicated kind to be dealt with the farm was never a paying proposition
• ? propositional adjective

II. transitive verb (-sitioned; propositioning)

• Date: 1924
• to make a proposal to; especially to suggest sexual intercourse to

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