premise [ˈpremɪs] ① n. 前提;假定,假设; [~s] 经营场所 ② v. 以……为基础(或前提);预先提出
例句 Many have built their daily life around the miserable premise that they can always be on—always working, always parenting, always available to their
spouse and their own parents and anyone else who might need them, while also staying on top of the news, while also remembering, on the walk to the car, to order more toilet paper from Amazon.【2018-7《大西洋月刊》】
很多(成年)人的日常生活都建立在一个令人痛苦的前提之上—他们总是很忙:总在工作,总在带孩子,总要随时为伴侣、自己的父母以及任何可能需要他们帮忙的人留出时间,同时要对新闻了如指掌,要记住在去开车的路上在亚马逊上下单买更多厕纸。
近义词 n. 假定,假设