premise (also premiss)

n 1 statement or idea on which reasoning is based; hypothesis （推理所依据的）前提; 假定: Advice to investors was based on the premise that interest rates would continue to fall. 给予投资者的建议是以利率将继续下降这一点为前提的. 2 (in logic) each of the first two parts (major premise and minor premise) of a forward argument （逻辑学中的）（大小）前提: If the major premise is `Boys like fruit' and the minor premise is `You are a boy', then the conclusion is `Therefore you like fruit'. 设若大前提为｀男孩儿爱吃水果＇, 小前提为｀你是男孩儿＇, 则结论为｀所以你爱吃水果＇. Cf 参看 syllogism.

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