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

• 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。
• Scientists had previously theorized that, except for the possibility of ice at the bottom of craters, the moon was totally dry.
  科学家以前的理论认为，除了冰在火山口底部的可能性，月亮完全干燥。
• We found a lot of what we had theorized there in the data.
  通过对数据进行推论，我们发现了大量的这些特点。
• 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。
• 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。
• Based on earlier finds, scientists had theorized the species had a relatively large brain.
  根据之前的研究，科学家们推断这种动物应该拥有相对大的大脑。
• A black hole is a theorized celestial body.
  黑洞是一种理论上推测出的天体。
• The geologist theorized brilliantly about the age of the earth.
  这地质学家出色地导出有关地球年龄。
• The Higgs boson is the only particle theorized by the standard model of physics that hasn't been conclusively observed in an experiment.
  希格斯波色子是唯一一种经物理学标准模型推理但还未在实验中确凿观察到的粒子。
• 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。