predicate

• vt. 断定为…；使…基于
• vi. 断言，断定
• n. 谓语，述语
• adj. 谓语的；述语的

来自拉丁语praedicare,预测，断言，声称，来自prae,在前，早于，dicare,说，声称，词源同diction.并引申诸相关词义。

predicate

predicate: see indicate

predicate (n.)

mid-15c., a term in logic, from Middle French predicat and directly from Medieval Latin predicatum, from Latin praedicatum "that which is said of the subject," noun use of neuter past participle of praedicare "assert, proclaim, declare publicly," from prae- "forth, before" (see pre-) + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Grammatical sense is from 1630s. Related: Predicative; predicator; predicatory.

predicate (adj.)

1887, from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare "proclaim, announce" (see predicate (n.)).

predicate (v.)

1550s, back formation from predication, or else from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare "proclaim, announce" (see predicate (n.)). Related: Predicated; predicating. Phrase predicated on "founded on, based on," is American English, first recorded 1766.

1. We predicate rationality of man.

我们断言理性是人类的属性.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Most religions predicate life after death.

大多数的宗教宣称死后仍有生命.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. Can we predicate of a dog that it has a soul?

关于狗,我们能断定它有灵魂 吗 ?

来自辞典例句

4. In general, a grammatical clause contains a subject and a predicate.

一般说来, 一个合乎语法的从句包含有主语与谓语.

来自辞典例句

5. It can serve as subject, predicate, object, attribute and adverbial modifier.

可以作主语 、 谓语 、 宾语 、 定语、状语.

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