predicate
英[ˈpredɪkət]
美['predɪkət]
反义词
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N-COUNT
谓语
In some systems of grammar, the predicate of a clause is the part of it that is not the subject. For example, in 'I decided what to do', 'decided what to do' is the predicate.
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VERB
基于；取决于；以…为基础
If you say that one situation is predicated on another, you mean that the first situation can be true or real only if the second one is true or real.
例句
Financial success is usually predicated on having money or being able to obtain it.
先要有钱或者能弄到钱才能够赚钱。
英汉词典释义
英英词典释义
Noun
1. (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula;
"`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"2. one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
Verb
1. make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition;
"The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"2. affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of;
"The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"3. involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic;
"solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
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