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

• I love and love is a hypothetical.
  我恋爱了、并且又是一场假想恋爱。
• 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。
• 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。
• Ultimately, this choice will not be hypothetical either.
  最后，这一抉择也并非仅是假设性的。
• "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。
• I'm working the hypothetical like you suggested.
  按照你的推测我做了个假设。
• Then the structural equation model method is adopted to test the hypothetical model.
  运用结构方程模型的研究方法，对假设模型进行了检验。
• I have a hypothetical for you.
  我对你作个假设。