predicate
predicate
noun
[with obj.]
predication
noun
语源
noun
- (Grammar)the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g. went home in John went home)
(语法)谓语（如John went home 中的 went home)
■(Logic)something which is affirmed or denied concerning an argument of a proposition
(逻)谓项
[with obj.]
- (Grammar & Logic)state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of proposition
(语法，逻)意味，暗示；就命题主项阐述
a word which predicates something about its subject.
表示主语含义的一个词。
aggression is predicated of those who act aggressively.
侵略是对有侵略性行为者的表述。 - (predicate something on/upon)found or base something on
使基于；使取决于
the theory of structure on which later chemistry was predicated.
后来的化学赖以立基的结构理论。
predication
noun
语源
- late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin praedicatum 'something declared', neuter of praedicatus 'declared, proclaimed', past participle of the verb praedicare, from prae 'beforehand' + dicare 'make known'
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