hypothetical

英 [ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkl]

美 [ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkl]

adj.  假设的; 假定的

复数：hypotheticals　

GREIELTS计算机

Collins.1 / BNC.8688 / COCA.8049

牛津词典

adj.

• 假设的；假定的
  based on situations or ideas which are possible and imagined rather than real and true
  1. a hypothetical question/situation/example
     假定的问题 / 情况 / 例子
  2. Let us take the hypothetical case of Sheila, a mother of two…
     我们且举关于希拉这个假定的例子，她是一位有两个孩子的母亲…
  3. I wasn't asking about anybody in particular─it was a purely hypothetical question.
     我并没有问到具体某个人——那不过是个纯粹假设性的问题。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （基于）假设的;假定的
  If something ishypothetical, it is based on possible ideas or situations rather than actual ones.
  1. Let's look at a hypothetical situation in which Carol, a recovering cocaine addict, gets invited to a party.
     让我们假设这样一种情景，卡萝尔，一位正在康复的可卡因成瘾者，应邀去参加一个聚会。
  2. ...a purely hypothetical question.
     纯属假设的问题
  3. Hypotheticalis also a noun.
     
  4. Well, at present we won't speculate on hypotheticals.
     嗯，目前我们不想去推测那些假想的东西。

英英释义

noun

• a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
  1. consider the following, just as a hypothetical

adj

• based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
  1. theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
  2. the supposed reason for his absence
  3. suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
  4. hypothetical situation
  Synonym:conjecturaldivinatoryhypotheticsupposedsuppositionalsuppositioussupposititious

双语例句

• This is a hypothetical example of how a new approach might work.
  这是一个假设的新策略可能如何运行的例子。
• I have no doubt that this hypothetical man of ours is extremely capable.
  我不怀疑这个我们假定的男人能力非凡。
• So you do look at hypothetical accidents and failure but they are judged to be very unlikely.
  所以，你们观察这些假设的事故，和失败，但是他们是被认为不太可能发生的。
• I love and love is a hypothetical.
  我恋爱了、并且又是一场假想恋爱。
• All this leads me to pose a hypothetical question which I throw open to floor for debate.
  所有这些都让我提出一个假设问题，为此我将开放一个讨论的平台。
• What examples either real or hypothetical could I use to illustrate those reasons and advance my point of view?
  哪些例子，真实的或假想的我能用来阐明我的推理，进而推进我的观点呢？
• If you want to, you could think of this class as one big hypothetical.
  如果你愿意，你可以把它想象成一个大的假设。
• As an exploratory and hypothetical assertion to a matter, scientific hypothesis has some convictional element.
  科学假说作为对问题的一种试探性和推测性的断言，有信念的成分。
• Here is a hypothetical scenario to consider as you make your decision.
  这里有一个假设的情景来帮助你考虑你的决定。
• These predicted, hypothetical new quarks have recently appeared in physics experiments.
  这些预测，假设新的夸克最近出现在物理实验中。