premise
(also premiss), n
1 statement or idea on which reasoning is based; hypothesis (推理所依據的)前提; 假定
Advice to investors was based on the premise that interest rates would continue to fall. 給予投資者的建議是以利率將繼續下降這一點為前提的.
2 (in logic) each of the first two parts (major premise and minor premise) of a forward argument (邏輯學中的)(大小)前提
If the major premise is `Boys like fruit' and the minor premise is `You are a boy', then the conclusion is `Therefore you like fruit'. 設若大前提為`男孩兒愛吃水果', 小前提為`你是男孩兒', 則結論為`所以你愛吃水果'. Cf 參看 syllogism.