to suggest or accept that sth is true so that it can be used as the basis for an argument or discussion
Most religions posit the existence of life after death.
大多数宗教都假定人死后生命仍存在。
1.安置,布置;安排
2.【逻】断定;论断;假定
1.安置
2.论断
1.to say that something is true or that something should be accepted as true
1.If you posit this idea to any of the company's top executives, they'll dismiss it.
如果你将这种观点说给公司内部任何一个高管听，他们都会对此表示不屑。
2.Well, at least he did posit it as a question of right and wrong.
好吧，至少他还假定这是个对与错的问题。
3.Some posit that gender identity is firmly fixed at a very young age; others argue that this identity can be very fluid for many years.
有些认为性别认同在很小的年龄就被牢牢地固定；另一些人则争辩说，这种身份可能不固定已经很多年了。
4.I can only posit a theory, but I tend to blame the higher rate of mortifying sex scenes in novels by men on the nature of their fantasies.
我只能在此假定一个理论，但是又想责备那些小说中高频率出现的令人痛心的性描写，作者是那些依靠幻想天性的男人们。
5.He thought that all knowledge was probability, only was presumed by posit and induction was the way in finding the best posit.
他认为一切知识都是概率性知识，只能以假定的意义被确认，而归纳法就是找到最佳假定的工具。
6.Those people who posit patriotism and globalization as mutually exclusive have at least committed one fallacy.
那些将爱国主义和全球化界定为互相排斥的人，至少犯有一种谬误。
7.I would posit that it would increase risk-averse behavior -- particularly if this kind of trade war roiled financial markets.
我假设这将会增加风险规避行为——特别是当这一类贸易战会搅浑财金市场时。
8.Here in Part 1, the authors posit a set of extensions to DITA XML that provide the starting point for a unifying content model for learning.
本文是第1部分，作者建立了一套DITAXML扩展，作为统一学习内容模型的起点。
9.Three Spanish scientists posit that the observed acceleration of the expanding cosmos is an illusion caused by the slowing of time.
西班牙有三名科学家提出假说认为，现在人们所观察到的宇宙膨胀现象，实质上是因为时间变慢而产生的假象。
10.Further, if we are to posit besides the Forms and the sensibles the intermediates between them, we shall have many difficulties.
又，在通式与可感觉事物之外若涉及两者的间体，我们又将碰到许多疑难。