1·A common strategy is to posit some externalcause such as population growth, climate change, or a new technology, and thenshow its effect on institutions and culture.
一个通常的策略是假设一些诸如人口增长、气候变化、技术革新的外因，然后说明其对制度与文化的作用。
2·This is a good moment to posit the idea that, in a man-free world, makeup and beauty-product sales would decline, because we would have no one to preen for.
现在正是时候去假设一个概念，在一个没有男人的世界，化妆品和美容产品销量将会直线下降，因为我们已经没有了为悦己者容的对象了。
3·One group of arguments for the existence of a soul says, "We need to posit a soul in order to explain something, whether it's something everyday or something supernatural."
主张灵魂存在的一方声称，我们必须假设灵魂存在，才能解释一些，司空见惯或是超自然的现象。
4·So I don't feel forced to posit the existence of a soul.
所以我没觉得我一定要接受灵魂存在的假设
1·Merzenich is also a co-founder of Posit Science, a company that makes one of the brain training programs used at Walter Reed and other military.
梅泽尼奇也是假定科学公司的创始人之一。现在里德医院和其他军队用的脑部训练程序之一，就是这家公司提供的。
2·When we posit an intention we just decide which of these speakers it is.
当我们假定这样一种意图时,必须裁定哪一个是说话人。
3·So if the argument's going to be, "We need to posit the existence of a soul in order to explain creativity," Again, that just seems wrong.
所以如果这个论证要说，我们必须假定灵魂的存在，才能解释创造力，再一次，这看起来是错误的。
4·Well, at least he did posit it as a question of right and wrong.
好吧，至少他还假定这是个对与错的问题。
5·And so we need to appeal to, we need to posit, the existence of, a soul.
所以我们需要借助他法，我们需要假定灵魂存在。
1·If she needs salvation, she will posit a savior.
如果她需要救助，她就会设想一个救助者。
2·Both cases, says physicist Brian Greene, are possibilities, but if the latter is true, so is another posit: There are only so many ways matter can arrange itself within that infinite universe.
物理学家布莱恩·格林尼认为这两种情况都是可能存在的。如果是后一种情况，就会存在另外一种设想：在无限的宇宙中，所有的物质都只有有限的排列方式。