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

• 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。
• Let's look at a hypothetical example, one without and the other with tooling.
  让我们查看一下假设性的范例，一个有，一个没有工具。
• For hypothetical speculations, but* You? A rooster?
  做这样的假想未免太早了点，你？一只公鸡？
• The hypothetical online purchasing system also provides a good example for data integrity.
  虚构的在线购物系统还提供了很好的数据完整性的例子。
• As an example, I will use some hypothetical rules for water contamination testing.
  作为一个示例，我将使用水污染测试的一些假定规则。
• 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。
• I have a hypothetical for you.
  我对你作个假设。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？