presuppose

1. V-T If one thing presupposes another, the first thing cannot be true or exist unless the second thing is true or exists. 以...爲(wèi)前提; 以...爲(wèi)先決條件; 預(yù)先假定

All your arguments presuppose that he's a rational, intelligent man. 你的所有論點(diǎn)都預(yù)先假定他是個(gè)理性聰明的人。

The end of an era presupposes the start of another. 一個(gè)時(shí)代的結(jié)束是以另一個(gè)時(shí)代開(kāi)始爲(wèi)前提的。