Think of putting something down on the table in front of other people: here it is, take a look, what do you say? A proposition is a thing set forward for others to examine, accept, argue with, or turn down.
From the word’s history
From Latin prōpositiō, from prōpōnō = prō- ('forward') + pōnō ('to place, put'). Literally 'a putting forward'.
來自拉丁文 prōpositiō，動詞 prōpōnō 拆開是 prō-（向前）+ pōnō（放置），字面就是「往前放的東西」。同一個 pōnō 也給了英文 pose、position、compose、deposit。知道這點之後，proposition 的各種意思就都好認了：不管擺出來的是一個意見、一個生意、還是一條法案，動作永遠是「把它推到桌上」。
Wiktionary (proposition < Latin prōpositiō < prōpōnō, prō- + pōnō 'to place')
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原始詞典資料14 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
propositionnoun/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/
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The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
- 2
An idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
- The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
- And it would be a fine proposition If I was a stupid girl But honey, I am no one's exception This I have previously learned
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informalAn idea, plan, or suggestion offered.
- Quinn looked into the intersection. Tonya was standing in the middle of it, stance wide, taser in both hands, Quinn's rickshaw on the sidewalk behind her. "Ow," said Quinn, and it came out just shy of a proposition.
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The terms of a transaction offered.
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governmentpoliticsIn some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
- In November, though, voters will be faced with proposition one. It's a citizen's initiative that will do two things. If passed, it would open up all primaries in Idaho, and it would create a new voting system known as ranked choice voting.
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grammarhuman-scienceslinguisticsA complete sentence.
- Our English nouns remain unchanged, whether they form the subject or the object of a proposition.
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human-scienceslogicmathematicsThe content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and is connected by a copula.
- “Wiktionary is a good dictionary” is a proposition.
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human-sciencesmathematicsphilosophyAn assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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mathematicssciencesAn assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
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A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; a creed.
- the propositions of Wyclif and Huss
- There are some persons, whose religion is hugely disgraced, because they change their propositions, according as their temporal necessities or advantages do return.
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The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
propositionverb/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/
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informalTo make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
- The Superintendent of the facility tried to proposition with me that if I snitched to the guards and would work with him, then he would put my friend and me back together again.
- 2
informalTo make an offer or suggestion to (someone).
- Yiannopoulos started releasing video interviews and other evidence meant to prove that [Ali] Alexander sexually propositioned both adult men in their 20s and at least two teenagers.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。