propose

• vt. 建议；打算，计划；求婚
• vi. 建议；求婚；打算

pro-,向前，-pos,放置，词源同position,composite.引申诸相关词义。

1. make a proposal, declare a plan for something

2. present for consideration

3. propose or intend;

"I aim to arrive at noon"

4. put forward; nominate for appointment to an office;

"The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission"

5. ask (someone) to marry you;

"he popped the question on Sunday night"

"she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months"

"The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman"

propose

propose: see purpose

propose (v.)

mid-14c., from Old French proposer "propose, advance, suggest" (12c.), from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + poser "put, place" (see pose (v.1)). Meaning "make an offer of marriage" is first recorded 1764. Related: Proposed; proposing. See also propone, which coexisted with this word for a time.

offer, present, propose, volunteer

这些动词均含"提出，提供"之意。

offer： 最普通用词，多指主动提出或提供意见或东西等，但是否接受由对方自行决定。

present： 既可指提出意见建议等，又可指拿出某物供人欣赏或赠送。

propose： 指直接而主动地提出问题或建议等，也指在讨论或争辨中提出具体意见或建议。

volunteer与offer同义，侧重出于自愿，而不是受命做某事。

recommend, advocate, propose, suggest, prescribe

这些动词均含"劝告，主张，建议"之意。

recommend： 指向对方提出公开的建议或规劝。

advocate： 指公开表明对某事或某行为的完全赞同，语气强于recommend。

propose： 多指较正式地提出建议。

suggest： 语气较委婉，指提出不成熟的建议或参考意见。

prescribe： 多指医生对病人在用药或饮食等方面的建议。

Mr.Somavia says the International Labour Organization is proposing a global jobs agreement to deal with unemployment.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

When Jonathan Swift proposed, in 1729, that the people of Ireland eat their children, he insisted it would solve three problems at once: feed the hungry masses, reduce the population during a severe depression, and stimulate the restaurant business.

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It is harder to predict how Mr Obama's proposed reforms to the failing health-care system will turn out.

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Manufacturers of products that claim to be environmentally friendly will face tighter rules on how they are advertised to consumers under changes proposed by the Federal Trade Commission.

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As a report in The New England Journal of Medicine concluded, Pretty much every proposed innovation found in the health policy literature these days is contained in these measures.

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Some lawmakers in Sweden propose that gender less pronouns be used in the Swedish language.

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Some propose storing the CO2 in coal mines or liquid storage in the ocean, Shell favors storing CO2 in deep geological structures such as saline(盐的) formations and exhausted oil and gas fields that exist throughout the world.

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In the meantime, the amount of CO2 in the air is rapidly approaching the limits proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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Department of Energy recently proposed putting $1 billion into a new $

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Understand what she's trying to accomplish and propose a Plan B that will make it happen without destroying what you've done so far.

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First, you need a system for how stories are proposed and reviewed.

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To ensure fairness to reporters, it is important to set up a system for stories to be proposed and reviewed

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Especially considering what Einstein was proposing.

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the proposed reforms will affect too many people's interests

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The size of the loan I ask for, or the type of business I propose.

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Durkheim proposed that religious beliefs functioned to reinforce social solidarity.

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Coinciding with the groundbreaking theory of biological evolution proposed by British naturalist Charles Darwin in the 1860s, British social philosopher Herbert Spencer put forward his own theory of biological and cultural evolution.

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This year, it was proposed that the system be changed: Horizon 2020, a new program to be enacted in 2014, would not have such a category.

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In December 2010 America's Federal Trade Cornmission ( ' , FTC) proposed adding a.

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(British English also)She proposed that the book should be banned.

她提议查禁这本书。

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The government proposed changes to the voting system.

政府建议修改表决制度。

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What would you propose?

你想提什么建议？

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She proposed that the book be banned.

她提议查禁这本书。

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It was proposed that the president be elected for a period of two years.

有人提议选出的主席任期为两年。

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He proposed changing the name of the company.

他建议更改公司的名称。

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It was proposed to pay the money from public funds.

有人提议用公款支付这笔钱。

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What do you propose to do now?

现在你打算做什么？

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How do you propose getting home?

你打算怎么回家？

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He was afraid that if he proposed she might refuse.

他担心他若求婚，她会拒绝。

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She proposed to me!

她向我求婚了！

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to propose marriage

求婚

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I propose Tom Ellis for chairman.

我提名汤姆·埃利斯做主席。

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to propose a motion (= to be the main speaker in support of an idea at a formal debate)

提出动议

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She proposed a possible solution to the mystery.

她提出了对这个奥秘的一种可能的解答。

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I'd like to propose a toast to the bride and groom.

我提议为新郎新娘的幸福干杯！

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Britain is about to propose changes to some institutions...

英国将提议对一些机构进行改革。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It was George who first proposed that we dry clothes in that locker.

是乔治首先提议我们把衣服挂在那个储物柜里晾干的。

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It's still far from clear what action the government proposes to take over the affair...

政府打算采取何种行动处理该事件仍然十分不明朗。

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And where do you propose building such a huge thing?

那么你打算在哪里建这么一个庞然大物呢？

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This highlights a problem faced by people proposing theories of ball lightning...

这使得球状闪电理论的提出者所面临的一个问题凸显出来。

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Newton proposed that heavenly and terrestrial motion could be unified with the idea of gravity.

牛顿提出天体和地球的运动可以用万有引力来解释。

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A delegate from Siberia proposed a resolution that he stand down as party chairman...

一名来自西伯利亚的代表提议他辞去党主席的职务。

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I asked Robin Balfour and Derek Haig to propose and second me.

我请罗宾·鲍尔弗和德里克·黑格提名并支持我。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Usually the bride's father proposes a toast to the health of the bride and groom.

通常新娘的父亲会提议为新郎新娘的健康干杯。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He had proposed to Isabel the day after taking his seat in Parliament.

当选议员的第二天，他向伊莎贝尔求婚了。

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