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***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

• "We were speaking of a hypothetical case," I reminded him frostily.
  “我们正在谈一个假设的案例。”我冷淡地提醒他。
• 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。
• This is only a hypothetical ex-ample, but it will help us to consider the problem.
  虽然只是一个假设的例子，但它对我们考虑这个问题会有帮助。
• 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。
• 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***成瘾者，应邀去参加一个聚会。
• That is a strong explanation for our findings but the others are more speculative and hypothetical.
  我们的发现是强有力的解释，其他人的解释更具推测性和假设性。
• The "logic" of this interpretation of the hypothetical experiment rests on a fundamental assumption.
  对该假想实验的这种解释的逻辑，建立在一个基本假设上。
• And what will you do once you find this hypothetical job?
  如果你碰到这种假设的工作，你会怎么做？
• I'm working the hypothetical like you suggested.
  按照你的推测我做了个假设。
• There are no prescribed proceedings in European law for this hypothetical situation.
  在欧洲法律中，没有规定这种假想情况的程序。