The spelling premiss is also used in British English for meaning 2. 在英国英语中拼写形式premiss亦用于义项2。
1 N-PLURAL [oft on the N] (企业或机构使用的)房屋及土地;经营场所;办公场所 The
premises of a business or an institution are all the buildings and land that it occupies in one place.
(企业或机构使用的)房屋及土地;经营场所;办公场所 2 N-COUNT [oft NOUN that] 前提 A
premise is something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea.
前提 [formal] -
The premise is that schools will work harder to improve if they must compete.
前提是,如果各学校必须参与竞争的话,就会更加努力。
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The programme started from the premise that men and women are on equal terms in this society.
这个项目是以这个社会男女平等为前提的。
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