premise

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prem·ise /ˈpremɪs/ W3 noun

1 premises [plural] the buildings and land that a shop, restaurant, company etc uses 〔商店、餐馆、公司等使用的〕房屋及土地

Schools may earn extra money by renting out their premises.

学校通过出租房屋场地可以获取额外收入。

business premises

企业经营场所

off the premises

The manager escorted him off the premises.

经理把他送出门外。

on the premises

The wonderful desserts are made on the premises.

那些美味的甜点是现场制作的。

Examples from the Corpus

on the premises• Smoking is not allowed on the premises.• Originally the working men's clubs were strictly teetotal and it wasn't until 1860 that beer was allowed on the premises.• He fired Lucky on a Monday without letting him walk back on the premises.• Bagels baked on the premises daily.• Unsuspecting still, Peter left his briefcase on the premises as usual.• Were there any cats on the premises?• Dessert is made on the premises.• He found Kersey, sitting at the desk in an upstair, borrowed office surrounded by house-to-house reports prepared on the premises.• A company rule provided for the instant and automatic dismissal of anyone found smoking on the premises.

2 [countableC] (also premiss British English)IDEA a statement or idea that you accept as true and use as a base for developing other ideas 前提

The idea that there is life on other planets is the central premise of the novel.

其他星球存在生命这一观点是这部小说的核心前提。

premise that

the premise that an accused person is innocent until they are proved guilty

在证明有罪之前被告无罪的前提

Examples from the Corpus

premise• This section too starts with a premise, which is that individual pupils are active participants in their own education.• The basic premise is that they think they know better than anyone else.• I believe his whole argument is based on a false premise.• The first premise is that humans are wanting animals whose needs depend on what they already have.• The important thing is the premise, the theoretical first step.• American justice works on the premise that an accused person is innocent until they are proved guilty.• But so far, the first two episodes have been bogged down with setting up the premise and too many location scenes.• The Prime Minister I agree with the premise underlying my hon. Friend's question.• The underlying premise of the global market ideology is that every country will earn most of its income from exports.

premise that• And the action premise that completes this credo may seem totally ridiculous in these troubled times.• His question is old-fashioned, rational and optimistic in its premise that technology should be at the service of enlightenment.• But the original premise that all statements are either empirical or analytical is itself in neither of these categories.• The program is based on the premise that drug addiction can be cured.• The present research is based on the premise that family style of emotional expression is a key factor in this respect.• If that many did indeed die, I would question the premise that most of them were innocent.• The model of the post-heroic leader that we discussed earlier is certainly based upon the premise that individuals will respond to encouragement.

Origin premise

(1300-1400) French prémisse, from Medieval Latin praemissa, from Latin praemittere “to place ahead”

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