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 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。
• Here is a hypothetical scenario to consider as you make your decision.
  这里有一个假设的情景来帮助你考虑你的决定。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I have a hypothetical for you.
  我对你作个假设。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。