The spelling premiss is also used in British English for meaning 2. 在英国英语中拼写形式premiss亦用于义项2。
- N-PLURAL (企业或机构使用的)房屋及土地;经营场所;办公场所
The premises of a business or an institution are all the buildings and land that it occupies in one place.
- There is a kitchen on the premises...
该处有一个厨房。 - The business moved to premises in Brompton Road.
这家公司搬到了布朗普顿路。
- N-COUNT 前提
A premise is something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea.
- The premise is that schools will work harder to improve if they must compete...
前提是,如果各学校必须参与竞争的话,就会更加努力。 - The programme started from the premise that men and women are on equal terms in this society.
这个项目是以这个社会男女平等为前提的。