premise

1. N-PLURAL The premises of a business or an institution are all the buildings and land that it occupies in one place. 經(jīng)營場所; 辦公場所

There is a kitchen on the premises. 營業(yè)場所內(nèi)有一個廚房。

2. N-COUNT A premise is something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea. 前提[正式]

The premise is that schools will work harder to improve if they must compete. 前提是各學校如必須競爭就會更加努力改進。