positing

基本解釋

Because I think positing a soul doesn't really yet offer us the explanation.
因為我認為靈魂存在的假設并未,給予我們一個合理的解釋
After all, she is the one positing the "inverse relationship"①between the notions of being Chinese and being foreign.
要知道，她是個把對立的“反比關(guān)系”放到中國人與外國人的概念間的人。
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For some Christians today, that means positing a loving God who would never in a millennium condemn such people to hell in such an arbitrary fashion.
對于一些今天的基督徒,這意味著同樣一個慈愛的上帝從未想定在年這樣的人,在這樣一個任意地獄的時尚。

But dualism doesn't so much offer the explanation typically as just say, "Well, maybe we'd be better off positing something immaterial."
但是二元論還沒有給出,這樣的解釋,也許我們假設非物質(zhì)的存在會好一些
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Because positing them allows you explain things about the rotation of the star or the gravitational fluctuations, what have you.
因為這樣假定能幫助你解釋,諸如星體運行,引力波動,等現(xiàn)象
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Because I think positing a soul doesn't really yet offer us the explanation.
因為我認為靈魂存在的假設并未,給予我們一個合理的解釋
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Positing that the government can provide health insurance at a lower cost than the private sector.
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If you posit something, you suggest or assume it as the basis for an argument or calculation.