hypothetical
英 [ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkl]
美 [ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkl]
adj. 假设的; 假定的
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- a hypothetical question/situation/example
假定的问题 / 情况 / 例子 - 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… - 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。
- a hypothetical question/situation/example
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.- 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。 - ...a purely hypothetical question.
纯属假设的问题 - Hypotheticalis also a noun.
- 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。
- Let's look at a hypothetical situation in which Carol, a recovering cocaine addict, gets invited to a party.
英英释义
noun
- a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
- consider the following, just as a hypothetical
adj
- based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
- the supposed reason for his absence
- suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
- hypothetical situation
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。