第三人称单数：propositions
第三人称复数：propositions
现在分词：propositioning
过去分词：propositioned
过去式：propositioned
1. proposition什么意思
1. （难办或诱人的）事情，任务
If you describe something such as a task or an activity as, for example, a difficult proposition or an attractive proposition, you mean that it is difficult or pleasant to do.
e.g. Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition...
轻松赚钱总是件诱人的事。
e.g. Even among seasoned mountaineers Pinnacle Ridge is considered quite a tough proposition.
即使在经验丰富的登山者中，平纳克尔峰也被认为是很难攀登的。
2. 见解；观点
A proposition is a statement or an idea which people can consider or discuss to decide whether it is true.
e.g. The proposition that democracies do not fight each other is based on a tiny historical sample.
认为民主国家互不争斗的观点是以一个极小的历史样本为根据的。
3. （美国的）法律修正案
In the United States, a proposition is a question or statement about an issue of public policy which appears on a voting paper so that people can vote for or against it.
e.g. Vote Yes on Proposition 136, but No on Propositions 129, 133 and 134.
对第136号修正案投赞成票，但对第129号、133号和134号修正案投反对票。
4. proposition
4. 提议；建议；提案
A proposition is an offer or a suggestion that someone makes to you, usually concerning some work or business that you might be able to do together.
e.g. You came to see me at my office the other day with a business proposition...
几天前你带着一份商业提案来我的办公室见我。
e.g. I want to make you a proposition.
我想给你提一个建议。
5. 向…提出下流的要求；向…提出猥亵的要求
If someone who you do not know very well propositions you, they suggest that you have sex with them.
e.g. He had allegedly tried to proposition a colleague.
据说他曾试图向一名同事求欢。
1. He also was criticized during last fall's recall campaign for supporting Proposition 187, the 1994 California measure that would have denied state services to illegal immigrants.
2. Proposition 76 calls for a state spending cap and Proposition 77 would strip lawmakers of the power to draw political boundaries.
3. Some say it's because the garble is grist for the mills of those touting the proposition that capitalism is supplanting China's socialism.
4. The business model of Hao Yue puts career training and development at the core of its service proposition.
5. And that may be a more dangerous proposition than spending a monthly pay cheque on a new top.
6. Proposition 19 would also clear the way for local governments to permit retail sales of pot.
7. It is an era of establishing global and more competitive supply chains and an area of strong value proposition for human talents in companies.
8. Conversion of established values and the social system grounded in them takes a lot of effort and determination and is generally a daunting proposition.
9. Raising children today is an expensive proposition for most young parents in China, who worry about saving for kindergartens that cost even more than a college tuition.
10. I don't support the proposition of China lowering the labor cost to save its " status " as the manufacturing world's workshop.
noun
1. a task to be dealt with
e.g. securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition
2. (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
3. the act of making a proposal
e.g. they listened to her proposal
Synonym: proposal
4. an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
5. a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
e.g. it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse
Synonym: suggestion proffer
verb
1. proposition的反义词
1. suggest sex to
e.g. She was propositioned by a stranger at the party