柯林斯詞典premise /?pr?m?s/ (premises) 1. N-PLURAL The premises of a business or an institution are all the buildings and land that it occupies in one place. 經(jīng)營場所; 辦公場所 There is a kitchen on the premises. 營業(yè)場所內(nèi)有一個(gè)廚房。2. N-COUNT A premise is something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea. 前提[正式] The premise is that schools will work harder to improve if they must compete. 前提是各學(xué)校如必須競爭就會(huì)更加努力改進(jìn)。 返回 premise劍橋詞典an idea or theory on which a statement or action is based （作爲(wèi)先決條件的）假定，前提 [ 詞或詞組後麪接一個(gè)that從句 ] They had started with the premise that all men are created equal . 他們是從人人生來平等這一前提出發(fā)的。 The research project is based on the premise stated earlier . 這項(xiàng)研究計(jì)劃是基於早先提出的假設(shè)之上的。 例句 We should start from the premise that circumstances might change .The conclusions you have drawn are based on a false premise.We should work on the premise that this plan will be successful .Could you explain the basic premise of your argument ?Your reasoning is based on a misguided premise. 返回 premise