文件開頭寫的那塊地方
同一個「擺在前面」的意思落在房產文件上：先寫明是哪棟樓、哪塊地，後來這個說法就直接拿來指那個場所本身。
building and grounds · noun · B1
the buildings and the land around them that a shop, school, or company uses — always used in the plural form 'premises'.
場所、場地
核心畫面
Picture the sentence placed at the very beginning of an argument, the one everything after it stands on: if this is true, then… That is the word. The building sense comes from the same place — in old legal documents the property was described first, and 'the premises' meant the thing named up front.
可以想成：一段論證最前面那一句話，後面所有推論都站在它上面——「如果這是真的，那麼…」。這就是這個字。而「場所」的意…更多收起
可以想成：一段論證最前面那一句話，後面所有推論都站在它上面——「如果這是真的，那麼…」。這就是這個字。而「場所」的意思其實同源：舊時的法律文件會先在開頭描述那棟房產，the premises 指的就是「前面提到的那個東西」。From the word’s history
Premise (late 14c.) is from Medieval Latin praemissa 'a previous proposition from which another follows', from Latin prae 'before' + mittere 'to send' — literally set before. By the early 15c. legal documents used premises for 'matter previously stated', which often described a house or building; by 1730 that had settled into 'house or building, with grounds'.
premise（14 世紀末）來自中世紀拉丁文 praemissa「在前面提出、供後面推導的命題」，由 prae（在前）加 mittere（送）組成，字面就是「擺在前面」。到 15 世紀初，法律文件用 premises 指「前文所述的事項」，而那段前文往往在描述一棟房產；到 1730 年前後，它就固定成了「房舍與其土地」。所以「前提」和「場所」是同一個字的兩條路。
Etymonline, entry for premise (etymonline.com/word/premise)
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basic assumption · noun · B2
a statement or idea that you take as true, and then use as the starting point for building other ideas.
前提
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
premisenoun/ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/
- 1
A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.
- The premises observed, Thy will by my performance shall be served.
- 2
human-scienceslogicmathematicsAny of the first propositions of a syllogism, from which the conclusion is deduced.
- While the premises stand firm, 'tis impossible to shake the conclusion.
- 3
lawMatters previously stated or set forth; especially, that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted.
- 4
A piece of real estate; a building and its adjuncts.
- trespass on another’s premises
- On the premises is a beautiful lawn, well stocked with flowering shrubs; hard and soft water.
- 5
authorshipbroadcastingcommunicationsThe fundamental concept that drives the plot of a film or other story.
- In 1949, the simple premise of discovering ordinary people who have hidden, extraordinary talents came to prominence in the UK with Opportunity Knocks, which started out as a nationwide touring radio show, before moving onto TV in 1956.
premiseverb/ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/
- 1
To state or assume something as a proposition to an argument.
- 2
To make a premise.
- 3
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
- I premise these particulars that the reader may know that I enter upon it as a very ungrateful task.
- Having premised thus much, we will now detain those who like our bill of fare no longer from their diet, and shall proceed directly to serve up the first course of our history for their entertainment.
- 4
To send before the time, or beforehand; hence, to cause to be before something else; to employ previously.
- the premised flames of the last day
- 1794–1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia if venesection can be previously performed, even to but few ounces, the effect of the opium is much more certain; and still more so, if there be time to premise a brisk cathartic, or even an emetic
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。