positing v. 安置;假定(posit的ing形式)
- Involves a contrast—a positing of walks that are polar opposites.
给我们看见强烈的对照﹕两种完全相反的生活样式。 - Another hallmark of string theory is the positing of additional dimensions.
弦论另一个标志是额外的维度。 - It was called Mapping the Global Future, and looked forward as far as 2020 when it projected "continued US dominance, positing that most major powers have forsaken the idea of balancing the US".
这份报告描绘了全球的未来,并期待着到2020年来到时,世界呈现着“持续的美国霸权,多数的多极力量将从制衡美国的目标中被驱逐出去”。
Posit \Pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Posited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Positing}.] [L. ponere, positum, to place. See {Position}.]
1. To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose
in relation to other objects. --Sir M. Hale.
2. (Logic) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a
principle. --Sir W. Hamilton.