1N-COUNT [usually singular, adjective NOUN](难办或诱人的)事情,任务 If you describe something such as a task or an activity as, for example, a difficult proposition or an attractive proposition, you mean that it is difficult or pleasant to do. (难办或诱人的)事情,任务
Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition.
轻松赚钱总是件诱人的事。
Even among seasoned mountaineers Pinnacle Ridge is considered quite a tough proposition.
即使在经验丰富的登山者中,平纳克尔峰也被认为是很难攀登的。
2N-COUNT [oft NOUN that]见解;观点 A proposition is a statement or an idea which people can consider or discuss to decide whether it is true. 见解;观点 [formal]
The proposition that democracies do not fight each other is based on a tiny historical sample.
认为民主国家互不争斗的观点是以一个极小的历史样本为根据的。
3N-COUNT (美国的)法律修正案 In the United States, a proposition is a question or statement about an issue of public policy which appears on a voting paper so that people can vote for or against it. (美国的)法律修正案
Vote Yes on Proposition 136, but No on Propositions 129, 133 and 134.
对第136号修正案投赞成票,但对第129号、133号和134号修正案投反对票。
4N-COUNT 提议;建议;提案 A proposition is an offer or a suggestion that someone makes to you, usually concerning some work or business that you might be able to do together. 提议;建议;提案
You came to see me at my office the other day with a business proposition.
1arrangement/offer/suggestion安排;提議;建議ADJECTIVE | VERB + PROPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤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
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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
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3idea/opinion想法;觀點ADJECTIVE | ... OF PROPOSITIONS | VERB + PROPOSITION | PROPOSITION + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤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。