SLG technical the part of a sentence that makes a statement about the subject, such as ‘swim’ in ‘Fish swim’ and ‘is an artist’ in ‘She is an artist’ 谓语 → subject
be predicated on/upon somethingformalCOME FROM/ORIGINATE if an action or event is predicated on a belief or situation, it is based on it or depends on it 基于某事物,取决于某事物
The company’s expansion was predicated on the assumption that sales would rise.