presuppose
presuppose
verb
verb
- [with obj.](of an action, process, or argument) require as a precondition of possibility or coherence
（行为，过程，论点）以…为先决条件
his relationships did not permit the degree of self-revelation that true intimacy presupposes.
暴露自己感情可以到什么程度取决于真实的亲密程度，而他的交往关系还不能允许他充分流露感情。
■[with clause]tacitly assume at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action that something is the case
预先假定；预料，推测
your argument presupposes that it does not matter who is in power.
你的论点预先假定了谁在位并不重要。
- late Middle English: from Old French presupposer, suggested by medieval Latin praesupponere, from prae 'before' + supponere 'place under' (see suppose)
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