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

• In this case, a hypothetical business wants to optimize its response to customer queries.
  在本案例中，假设的业务需要优化其对客户咨询的响应。
• A hypothetical example is included at the end of this section.
  对结果的假设应包含在这一部分的结尾处。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。