postulate
释义：作为名词的含义是“公设”，即几何、热力学等自然科学的最基本假定。作为动词而言是“提出假设”的意思，但具体使用的上下文也是偏向学术方面。在留学文书中合理的使用能够有效展现作者的研究能力。
例句：
Some scientists postulated that climate change has made the region more hospitable to Aedes aegypti.
She handles the problem of the fossil record by postulating that they were as knowledgeable in life sciences as in the physical ones.