命题

• 拼音: mìng tí
• 汉字拆解: 命 = 人 (person) + 叩 (knock) + 口 (mouth) — to decree; 题 = 是 (is) + 页 (page) — a question or topic

含义

To set an exam question or assignment topic; a proposition; a thesis or claim open to examination.

In education: the act of setting examination questions (命题老师 = question setter). In logic and philosophy: a statement that can be true or false. In creative contexts: a given theme to work from. 命题作文 (set-topic essay) is a classic Chinese examination format.

例句

1. 高考命题工作高度保密，参与的教师需要与外界隔绝数周。
2. 这道逻辑命题看似简单，实则包含了复杂的哲学推论。
3. 这次创意写作比赛采用命题形式，要求所有选手围绕同一主题进行创作。

用法指南

语境: education, logic, philosophy, examination

语气: academic, formal

正确说法

• 命题小组经过反复论证，最终确定了这套高考试卷的结构和难度分布。(The question-setting team, after repeated deliberation, finally determined the structure and difficulty distribution of this university entrance exam paper.)
• 他的毕业论文围绕一个颇具挑战性的哲学命题展开严谨的逻辑论述。(His graduation thesis developed a rigorous logical argument around a particularly challenging philosophical proposition.)

错误说法

• 把'命题'用于口语日常的话题讨论 (命题 is academic and formal; for an everyday topic or subject use 话题 or 主题)

起源与历史

命 (to instruct, to assign) + 题 (topic, question, problem). Together mean 'to assign a topic or question.'

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal