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

• 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。
• 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 unclear why thought speed affects mood, but Pronin and her colleagues theorize that our own expectations may be part of the equation.
  人们还不清楚为什么思考速度能影响心情，不过Pronin和她的同事提出的理论认为我们自身的期盼可能在整个过程中起到一定的作用。
• Linguists theorize about the relationship between the structure of language and the ways in which language is used.
  语言学家把语言结构及语言运用方式做理论上的说明。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• The researchers theorize that engagement plays a key role in weight loss because it offers an always-accessible network of support.
  研究人员推论，参与在减肥中起着关键性的作用，因为它提供了一个永远开放的网络支持。
• For instance, if we find life life elsewhere and it has DNA, we can theorize that DNA is an absolutely necessary component of life.
  举个例子来说，如果我们在别处发现了生命，而它也有DNA，那么我们能产生这样的理论：DNA是生命所绝对必须的成分。
• 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。