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

• 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。
• 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。
• In the case of the Milky Way, astronomers detected a huge, hot gas halo, or corona, that could be as much as100,000 light-years across, much bigger than earlier scientists theorized.
  以银河系为例，天文学家检测到一个巨大的热气日冕，它横跨10万光年，比先前科学家的理论推测要大许多。
• A black hole is a theorized celestial body.
  黑洞是一种理论上推测出的天体。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• They theorized that if we actually see more, due to slow slowed time, in the midst of disaster, then subjects should be real able to read the numbers.
  他们理论道，如果我们真的因为灾难中变慢的时间看到更多，那么这些被测试者应该可以读出那些数字。