theorize

英 [ˈθɪəraɪz]

美 [ˈθiːəraɪz]

v.  从理论上说明; 形成理论; 理论化

现在分词：theorizing　过去分词：theorized　过去式：theorized　第三人称单数：theorizes　

Collins.1 / BNC.25941 / COCA.10652

牛津词典

verb

• 从理论上说明；形成理论；理论化
  to suggest facts and ideas to explain sth; to form a theory or theories about sth
  1. The study theorizes about the role of dreams in peoples' lives.
     这项研究从理论上说明了梦在人们生活中的作用。

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。

英英释义

verb

• form or construct theories
  1. he thinks and theorizes all day
• construct a theory about
  1. Galileo theorized the motion of the stars
• to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  1. Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
  Synonym:speculatetheoriseconjecturehypothesizehypothesisehypothecatesuppose

双语例句

• Some theorize that angry natural forces inhabited the original black oozes, animating the contaminated waste of mining operations and using it to enact vengeance on the miners.
  有人推论说，愤怒的自然之力创造了最初的黑色淤泥，活生生的采矿作业的污染垃圾，并使用它来报复矿工们。
• We can't allow ourselves to theorize about the development of city centers; Circumstances press us into making practical decisions.
  我们不能允许自己只从理论上说明城市中心的发展；形势逼我们做实际的决定。
• It is very easy for us to speak and theorize about faith, but God often casts us into crucibles to try our gold, and to separate it from the dross and alloy.
  对别人讲说信心是很容易的事；但是，神常常将我们丢入坩埚里去提炼我们，要把贵金与劣金分别出来。
• Why do not archeologists theorize Hebrew or Egyptian linkages or influences in Mesoamerica?
  为什麽考古学家不将希伯来文或埃及文对古代中美洲的影响理论化？
• The researchers theorize that men may have a greater "genetic load" of MS genes, which may explain their findings.
  研究人员解释他们的发现，认为男性对于多发性硬化症的基因有着更大的遗传负荷。
• They theorize that internal fat disrupts the body's communication systems.
  理论研究说内在脂肪会破坏人体各部分正常的联系系统。
• Researchers theorize that the high-fat diet may change gene expression in the grandmothers in a way that somehow affects subsequent generations and leads to a greater breast cancer risk.
  研究者推理道：高脂饮食可能在某种程度上改变了祖母的基因表达，用某种方法影响了后代，并且会导致患乳癌的几率增加。
• In this paper, we theorize how task and team familiarity interact with task and team coordination complexity to influence team performance.
  在此论文中，我们建立了理论，即任务和小组熟悉度如何与任务和小组协作复杂性相合去影响小组绩效。
• All we can do is theorize about the reason for the change.
  我们唯一能做的就是从理论上推测一下变化的原因。
• Black oozes do not appear concerned with self-preservation, and some theorize they cannot feel pain.
  黑色淤泥似乎并不关心自我保护，一些人认为它们无法感觉到疼痛。