theorized

英 [ˈθɪəraɪzd]

美 [ˈθiːəraɪzd]

v.  从理论上说明; 形成理论; 理论化
theorize的过去分词和过去式

COCA.42897

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 theorise


• VERB 从理论上说明;建立理论
  If youtheorizethat something is true ortheorizeabout it, you develop an abstract idea or set of ideas about something in order to explain it.
  1. Police are theorizing that the killers may be posing as hitchhikers...
     警方推测那些杀手可能会假装成搭便车的人。
  2. By studying the way people behave, we can theorize about what is going on in their mind.
     通过研究人们的行为方式，我们可以从中推断他们内心的想法。

双语例句

• Sarah Rosner Preis, ScD, MPH, and colleagues theorized that upper-body fat, as measured by neck circumference, also raises heart risk.
  科学博士，公共卫生学硕士SarahRosnerPreis和她的同事建立这样的理论：上身脂肪（通过测量颈部周径判断，）也增加心脏风险。
• It has been theorized that a prenatal hormonal imbalance may predispose individuals to the disorder.
  从理论上讲，父母亲性激素不平衡可能为孩子的病症留下根源。
• Darwin theorized that the appendix in humans and other primates was the evolutionary remains of a larger structure, called a cecum, which was used by now-extinct ancestors for digesting food.
  达尔文关于人体以及其他灵长类动物体内阑尾的理论认为阑尾是生物进化过程中盲肠残存的部分，盲肠是这些动物已经灭绝的祖先的消化器官。
• Compact disc and DVD players use lasers, which Einstein first theorized in1917 in advancing his work on the photoelectric and photovoltaic effects.
  光盘和DVD播放机利用了激光，而爱因斯坦1917年在推出其有关光电效应和光生伏打效应的研究成果时，最先提出了这方面的理论。
• A black hole is a theorized celestial body.
  黑洞是一种理论上推测出的天体。
• Statistically, the position of an atom can be theorized, but no one knows where any given atom is at any given time.
  统计上来说，一个原子的位置可以被理论化，但没有人知道任何既定原子在任何既定时间位于何处。
• For decades, neuroscientists have theorized that the brain "time stamps" events as they happen, allowing us to keep track of where we are in time and when past events occurred.
  数十年来，神经学科的科学家在理论上推测人类的大脑中有一部分细胞可以为在大脑中为我们日常发生的事件打上“时间标签”，这样我们可以及时回想起过去发生事情的时间。
• It is not known what caused their sudden spread, but experts have theorized that an increase in global travel and the banning of certain pesticides may be partly responsible.
  至今它们大肆传播的确切原因不得而知，但专家表示，可能的因素包括全球旅行的增加和某些杀虫剂的禁用。
• Researchers have theorized that sleep may restore some chemical that is drained during periods of wakefulness.
  一些研究人员提出的理论认为，睡眠可以恢复人在不睡觉时失去的某些化学物质。
• They also theorized that the city couldn't possibly be inhabited by life as we know it.
  他们还猜测，城市不可能被生活居住我们所知道的。