proposition

noun

1. 提议，建议（尤指业务上的）
   an idea or a plan of action that is suggested, especially in business
   1. I'd like to put a business proposition to you.
      我想向您提个业务上的建议。
   2. He was trying to make it look like an attractive proposition .
      他正设法使他的计划显得吸引人。
2. 欲做的事；待处理的问题；任务
   a thing that you intend to do; a problem or task to be dealt with
   1. Getting a work permit in the UK is not always a simple proposition.
      在英国获得工作许可证往往不是一件简单的事情。
3. （美国）法律修正议案
   (in the US) a suggested change to the law that people can vote on
   1. How did you vote on Proposition 8?
      对于第8项修正案你是怎么投的票？
4. 见解；主张；观点
   a statement that expresses an opinion
   1. Her assessment is based on the proposition that power corrupts.
      她的分析是建立在权力使人堕落的观点上的。
5. 命题
   a statement of a theorem , and an explanation of how it can be proved

verb

1. 求欢
   to say in a direct way to sb that you would like to have sex with them
   1. She was propositioned by a strange man in the bar.
      酒吧里有个陌生男人向她求欢。

1. N-COUNT （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.
   1. Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition...
      轻松赚钱总是件诱人的事。
   2. 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. N-COUNT 见解；观点
   A proposition is a statement or an idea which people can consider or discuss to decide whether it is true.
   1. 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. N-COUNT （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.
   1. 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. N-COUNT 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.
   1. 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。
   2. I want to make you a proposition.
      我想给你提一个建议。
5. VERB 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.
   1. He had allegedly tried to proposition a colleague.
      据说他曾试图向一名同事求欢。
   2. Proposition is also a noun.
      
   3. ...unwanted sexual propositions.
      令人讨厌的求欢

1. Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition
   轻松赚钱总是件诱人的事。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. I want to make you a proposition.
   我想给你提一个建议。
7. He had allegedly tried to proposition a colleague.
   据说他曾试图向一名同事求欢。
8. The sentence, Beijing is the capital of China is a proposition.
   ‘北京是中国的首都’，这个句子就是一个命题。
9. It is a moneymaking proposition he wants to see you about.
   他想见你是要谈生意经。
10. In fact, this in itself is a false proposition.
    其实这本身是个假命题。
11. A proposition whose truth is determined by the fact of experience rather than what we mean, so this raises a natural question.
    命题真理是由经验事实所决定的，而不是由我们的意图决定的，这样就产生了一个关于自然的问题。
12. This is the core value proposition for the IBM IT Governance Approach.
    这是IBMIT治理方法的核心价值主题。
13. This proposition was also assented to by Richards, as an obvious one.
    这个意见理查兹也同意了，因为这是显然无疑的。
14. This paper carries out comprehensive interpretation on three inferences in the proposition of clock paradox by space-time diagrams.
    利用时空图对时钟佯谬命题中的三个论断作了全面诠释。
15. This is the inverse of his earlier proposition.
    这和他早些时候提的建议截然相反。
16. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.
    我有紧急和非常机密的商业命题，给你。
17. The independence of Quebec seems to become an impossible proposition.
    魁北克独立，似乎成了一个不可能的命题。
18. Interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition.
    一个命题的主语和谓语的交换。
19. Let me tell you, that's a tough proposition.
    让我告诉你，这是一个艰难的命题。
20. This paper makes studies of researched proposition on Pythagorean theorem an Projection theorem.
    本文对勾股定理、射影定理的研究性论题进行了研究。
21. This proposition is another important theory of the party of innovation, has a very important contemporary significance.
    这一命题的提出，是党的又一个重要理论创新，具有非常重要的当代意义。
22. The connotation or sense of a sentence is a proposition.
    一个句子的内涵或意义是一个命题。
23. His assistant came to us with a proposition.
    他的助手带了个提议来找我们。
24. In this proposition a simple and enduring government can be conceived.
    在这个前提下，我们可以构想一个简单而持久的政府。
25. This is not a money-making proposition.
    这不是一个赚钱的事业。
26. What is the proposition? With regard to this problem, Traditional Logic and Modern Logic have different answers.
    什么是“命题”？对这个问题传统逻辑和现代逻辑有不同的回答。
27. "The nature of knowledge is a form" is a false proposition.
    “知识的本质是形式”是个假命题。
28. I will finish this rant with a proposition.
    我以一个建议结束我的牢骚。
29. Did you accepted the colonel's proposition?
    接受上校的建议了？
30. I agreed to this proposition because the fundamental principles of citation indexing and analysis have not changed.
    我同意了他的建议，因为引文索引法和引文分析的基本原理还没有改变。

noun

1. a task to be dealt with
   1. 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
   1. 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
   1. it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse

   Synonym:    suggestionproffer

verb

1. suggest sex to
   1. She was propositioned by a stranger at the party