🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3544 COCA: 5428

proposition
1 proposition /ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃən/ noun
plural propositions
1 proposition
/ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃən/
noun
plural propositions
Learner's definition of PROPOSITION
[count]
1 
: something (such as a plan or offer) that is presented to a person or group of people to consider提议；建议
2 
: a statement to be proved, explained, or discussed（有待证明、说明或讨论的）说法，观点，命题
3 
: something that someone intends to do or deal with欲处理的事
4 
US : a suggestion for a change in the law on which people must vote（美国）法律修正议案
2 proposition /ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃən/ verb
propositions; propositioned; propositioning
2 proposition
/ˌprɑːpəˈzɪʃən/
verb
propositions; propositioned; propositioning
Learner's definition of PROPOSITION
[+ object]
: to offer to have sex with (someone) in a direct and often offensive way求欢
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3544 COCA: 5428

proposition

1 of 2

noun

prop·​o·​si·​tion ˌprä-pə-ˈzi-shən How to pronounce proposition (audio)
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
ˌprä-pə-ˈzish-nəl How to pronounce proposition (audio)
-ˈzi-shə-nᵊl
adjective

proposition

2 of 2

verb

propositioned; propositioning ˌprä-pə-ˈzi-sh(ə-)niŋ How to pronounce proposition (audio)

transitive verb

: to make a proposal to
especially : to suggest sexual intercourse to

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun He made an attractive business proposition. The other company rejected their proposition. Her theory rejects the basic proposition that humans evolved from apes. If we accept proposition “A” as true, then we must accept proposition “B” as false. The election will be a tough proposition for the mayor. Verb He was propositioned by a prostitute. He got drunk and propositioned a woman sitting next to him in the bar. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Per a news release, more than 58% of the incoming students are Pell grant eligible, which makes any private school a daunting financial proposition. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 9 Sep. 2022 Counting on Watt these days is a risky, and expensive proposition. Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2022 Bones and All marks a reunion for Chalamet and Guadagnino after their collaboration on Oscar winner Call Me by Your Name, but the new movie is a substantially different proposition. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022 Yet the lack of a convincing growth story will continue to make Teva a tough investment proposition once the excitement over the opioid settlement dissipates. David Wainer, WSJ, 28 July 2022 For traditional companies to make cloud-native adoption a realistic proposition, leaders must adopt Kubernetes governance, using policy-as-code to define and manage all rules and conditions effectively. Ritesh Patel, Forbes, 28 June 2022 The evidence of the last few days, however, makes that a questionable proposition. Stephen Collinson, CNN, 28 Feb. 2022 This makes the whole chore a swift proposition: throw kitchen scraps into a green bin with yard clippings and let the city do the rest. Danielle Bernabe, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2022 Gartner advises companies to build a value proposition based on benefit, trust and safety. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2022
Verb
The letters described a constellation of abuses of power and influence, including being propositioned after class and on yoga retreats, forcibly kissed during private meditation sessions and assaulted on post-yoga massage tables. Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2019 And in 2015, an Uber manager was accused of propositioning Susan Fowler, a young site reliability engineer, on her first day on the job. Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019 The story, which featured Judd publicly accusing Weinstein of propositioning her in 1997, sparked an avalanche of accusations from women who came forward with similar accounts and ultimately numbered 80. Chris Francescani, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2020 Warren did not accuse Reinhardt of ever touching or propositioning her. Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 21 Feb. 2020 Dugan alleges that prior to her hiring, Katz propositioned her and tried to kiss her at a dinner. Time, 24 Jan. 2020 In 2017, Agrawal was cast out of Thinx just as a former employee filed a complaint claiming that Agrawal groped a staff member’s breasts, exposed herself in the office and propositioned an employee. Amanda Hess, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2019 Johnson denied harassing, groping or propositioning any court colleagues or employees and noted that his chief accuser, Justice Victoria Chaney, had recommended him to then-Gov. Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 6 Jan. 2020 Fowler says her boss propositioned her and higher-ups ignored her complaints. Fortune, 24 Dec. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Verb

1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of proposition was in the 14th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3544 COCA: 5428
proposition

noun¹

 1arrangement/offer/suggestion安排；提議；建議ADJECTIVE | VERB + PROPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤attractive, tempting, win-win有吸引力的／誘人的／雙贏的提議▸➤feasible, practical, viable切實可行的提議▸➤business, commercial, economic, paying業務上的／商業上的／經濟方面的／帶來利潤的提議➤losing (especially NAmE) 虧本的提議VERB + PROPOSITION➤put to sb向某人提議◇Ring up your agent in New York and put your proposition to him.給你在紐約的代理人打電話，把你的建議告訴他。➤consider考慮提議➤accept接受提議➤reject拒絕提議
proposition

noun²

 2thing to be done問題；任務ADJECTIVE➤difficult, tough, tricky棘手的事➤simple容易的事◇Getting a job is not always a simple proposition.找工作並不總是一件簡單的事。➤expensive費錢的事➤all-or-nothing (NAmE) 孤注一擲的事➤dangerous, dicey, risky危險的／碰運氣的／冒險的事▸➤different不同的事◇Running the business was one thing. Getting it to make a profit was a different proposition altogether.經營管理企業是一回事，要能使之盈利則完全是另一回事。
proposition

noun³

 3idea/opinion想法；觀點ADJECTIVE | ... OF PROPOSITIONS | VERB + PROPOSITION | PROPOSITION + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤basic, central, fundamental基本主張；主要主張▸➤true真實看法▸➤abstract, empirical, existential, general, theoretical抽象的觀點；基於經驗的陳述；存在主義的論點；總的論點；理論觀點➤dubious可疑的觀點➤simple簡單的想法... OF PROPOSITIONS➤set一套主張VERB + PROPOSITION➤advance, express, put forward表達意見；提出觀點➤test檢驗觀點➤support支持觀點PROPOSITION + VERB➤concern sth, relate to sth見解與⋯有關PREPOSITION➤proposition about關於⋯的見解◇The book puts forward a number of propositions about the nature of language.這本書對語言的本質提出了一些見解。

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime