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

• 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。
• Ultimately, this choice will not be hypothetical either.
  最后，这一抉择也并非仅是假设性的。
• I'm working the hypothetical like you suggested.
  按照你的推测我做了个假设。
• 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 love and love is a hypothetical.
  我恋爱了、并且又是一场假想恋爱。
• Real-world and hypothetical examples help explain the course's content.
  现实生活及假设性的例子都有助于解释这堂课程的内容。
• 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。
• All of our example code illustrates interaction between PriceChecker and a hypothetical client.
  我们的全部示例代码都是用于演示PriceChecker和一个假定客户机的交互作用。
• "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。
• 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。