premise

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(yíng)場(chǎng)所; 辦公場(chǎng)所

There is a kitchen on the premises. 營(yíng)業(yè)場(chǎng)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(jìng)爭(zhēng)就會(huì)更加努力改進(jìn)。