presupposition

.pri:sʌpә'ziʃәn

GRE

n. the act of presupposing; a supposition made prior to having knowledge (as for the purpose of argument)

n. 预想, 假定, 预先推测

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presupposition 可以拆分为前缀 pre-（表示“之前”）、词根 suppos-（表示“假设”）和后缀 -ition（表名词）。整体意思是“在某事之前的假设”。

例句

1. The teacher's presupposition was that all students had completed the reading assignment.

老师的前提假设是所有学生都已经完成了阅读作业。

2. In a conversation, we often make presuppositions about what the other person knows.

在对话中，我们经常对对方所知道的事情做出前提假设。

3. The presupposition in her statement implied that she expected everyone to agree with her.

她陈述中的前提假设暗示她期望每个人都同意她的观点。