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

• 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。
• In this paper, we theorize how task and team familiarity interact with task and team coordination complexity to influence team performance.
  在此论文中，我们建立了理论，即任务和小组熟悉度如何与任务和小组协作复杂性相合去影响小组绩效。
• It's a little too early to theorize about motive.
  建立动机理论还为时尚早。
• 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。
• 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。
• They also theorize that exercise training improves immune function and reduces the inflammatory responses that can impact cancer development.
  他们还从理论上认为，体育锻炼能够提高免疫功能，减少在癌症发生中起重要作用的炎性反应。
• 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。
• 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。
• The researchers theorize that men may have a greater "genetic load" of MS genes, which may explain their findings.
  研究人员解释他们的发现，认为男性对于多发性硬化症的基因有着更大的遗传负荷。
• As much as we try to calculate and theorize "chaos", it is still" chaos ".
  尽管我们不厌其烦地试图估算“混沌”并将其理论化，但它仍然是“混沌”一片。