theorising

/ˈθɪə.raɪz/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈθɪr.aɪz/ (ame, ipa)

theorising — 動詞

  • theorisingpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • theorisings3rd person singular
  • theorisinging-ing form
  • theorisingedpast simple

1. to think carefully and form a set of explanations about how something works or w

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B2
釋義

建立理論

對某事提出一套系統性解釋

to think carefully and form a set of explanations about how something works or why it happens, especially when those ideas have not yet been tested or proved

例句

Dr. Okafor has been theorising about the connection between diet and memory loss for more than ten years.

Okafor 博士十多年來一直在建立關於飲食與記憶力減退之間關聯的理論。

progressive perfect + about

The research team is theorising that the ancient clay tablets record a previously unknown language.

研究團隊推測這些古代泥板記錄了一種前所未見的語言。

progressive + that-clause

同義詞
  • speculate

    suggests less systematic thinking and often a weaker basis in evidence

  • hypothesise

    more technical — forming a specific testable prediction, not a broad set of ideas

  • conjecture

    formal; implies guesswork without firm evidence

反義詞
  • demonstrate

    to show something is true through evidence or experiment

  • prove

    to establish something as fact beyond doubt

文法句型

theorise + about + noun / -ing form

theorise + that-clause

be + theorising (progressive)

theorising + noun (gerund as subject or object)

用法筆記

Frequently passive only in the that-clause pattern ('it is theorised that…'). The -ing form is common as a gerund (subject or object) in academic writing, where the focus is on the activity of forming ideas rather than on a completed action.

常見錯誤

❌The scientist is theorising a new explanation.
✅The scientist is theorising about a new explanation.
💡Unless followed by a that-clause, 'theorise' needs a preposition ('about', 'on').
❌He theorised to fix the problem.
✅He theorised that better training would fix the problem.
💡'theorise' does not take a to-infinitive as its object.