Premise

(noun.) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; 'on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not to play'.

(verb.) take something as preexisting and given.

(verb.) set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; 'He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand'.

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• I may here premise, that I have nothing to do with the origin of the mental powers, any more than I have with that of life itself. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• While he is so occupied, I will tell you, reader, what they are: and first, I must premise that they are nothing wonderful. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Before I enter upon the examination of particular taxes, it is necessary to premise the four following maximis with regard to taxes in general. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• How would that premise stand up if he examined it? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Only the pathetic amateur deludes himself into thinking that, if he presents the major and minor premise, the voter will automatically draw the conclusion on election day. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Again the premise is sound, and the conclusion false. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The premise is sound; the conclusion false. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It's convenient to have you at all times ready on the premises. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Therefore, betwixt your breakfast and your supper,--on the premises I expect to find you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He slept on the premises. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• It stopped, and a well-known nasal voice cried aloud, Boy (probably addressing Harry Scott, who usually hung about the premises from 9 a. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• These he deposited on the premises in such positions that she should see them as if by accident. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• These same fields were opposite the Wilfer premises. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In a tool-shed at the bottom of the garden, lay the relics of building-materials, left by masons lately employed to repair a part of the premises. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• And the conclusions drawn from them are sound, although the premises are fictitious. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Do not fear, Mr Boffin, that I shall contaminate the premises which your gold has bought, with MY lowly pursuits. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I walked round the corner, saw the City and Suburban Bank abutted on our friend's premises, and felt that I had solved my problem. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.

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