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。
• Some researchers theorize that calcium must be taken during exercise to be most effective.
  一些研究人员认为，必须在运动期间摄入钙质才最有效。
• Dong Zhong-shu chiefly employed the method of analogy to systematize and theorize the Confucian theory of man is an integral part of nature in "chunqiu fanlu".
  摘要汉儒董仲舒在《春秋繁露》中，主要运用了类比论证的方式将儒家“天人合一”思想系统化、理论化。
• Some researchers theorize that the REM, or rapid eye movement, phase of sleep is when the brain produces and consolidates neural networks for memory and cognition.
  一些研究人员提出，大脑在快速动眼睡眠期会产生并巩固形成记忆和认知的神经元。
• 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。
• The scientists theorize that the rhythmic movement, which produces a sensation similar to that of a vibrating cell phone but on a larger scale, exercises cells so they work better.
  科学家们推理，产生与手机振动相似但是更大规模感觉的有节奏运动锻炼细胞，因此它们更好地工作。
• It's easy to theorize about what might have happened.
  对于可能发生的事作理论上的推测是很容易的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。