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（難辦或誘人的）事情，任務
If you describe something such as a task or an activity as, for example, a difficult proposition or an attractive proposition, you mean that it is difficult or pleasant to do.
例句
Making easy money has always been an attractive proposition...
輕松賺錢總是件誘人的事。
Even among seasoned mountaineers Pinnacle Ridge is considered quite a tough proposition.
即使在經驗豐富的登山者中，平納克爾峰也被認為是很難攀登的。
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見解；觀點
A proposition is a statement or an idea which people can consider or discuss to decide whether it is true.
例句
The proposition that democracies do not fight each other is based on a tiny historical sample.
認為民主國家互不爭斗的觀點是以一個極小的歷史樣本為根據的。
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（美國的）法律修正案
In the United States, a proposition is a question or statement about an issue of public policy which appears on a voting paper so that people can vote for or against it.
例句
Vote Yes on Proposition 136, but No on Propositions 129, 133 and 134.
對第136號修正案投贊成票，但對第129號、133號和134號修正案投反對票。
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提議；建議；提案
A proposition is an offer or a suggestion that someone makes to you, usually concerning some work or business that you might be able to do together.
例句
You came to see me at my office the other day with a business proposition...
幾天前你帶著一份商業提案來我的辦公室見我。
I want to make you a proposition.
我想給你提一個建議。
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向…提出下流的要求；向…提出猥褻的要求
If someone who you do not know very well propositions you, they suggest that you have sex with them.
例句
He had allegedly tried to proposition a colleague.
據說他曾試圖向一名同事求歡。