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hypothetical adj.假设的；假定的 (1) 这纯粹是一种假设的情景。(2) 必须强调说明，这些估算都是假定的。 Hypotheticals are fun. How would you do in a hypothetical arm-wrestling competition against your Grandma? There are people in the Pentagon whose jobs are to consider all kinds of hypotheticals––what if Luxembourg armed itself with nuclear weapons? What if France developed the ability to pelt Switzerland with cannons firing cheeses?

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英 [ˌhaɪpə'θetɪkl] 美 [ˌhaɪpə'θetɪkl] (1) This is a purely hypothetical situation.(2) It must be emphasized that these estimates are hypothetical. Everyone who has ever taken a science class knows the word "hypothesis," which means an idea, or a guess, that you are going to test through an experiment. A hypothetical is related to that. It means something based on an informed guess. 1[ADJ 形容词]（基于）假设的；假定的 If something is hypothetical, it is based on possible ideas or situations rather than actual ones. 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。...a purely hypothetical question.纯属假设的问题Hypothetical is also a noun.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。hypotheticallyHe was invariably willing to discuss the possibilities hypothetically...他总是愿意谈论各种假设的可能性。It bases its figures on what it might, hypothetically, be earning on past investment.这些假定的可能收益数字是依据过去的投资得出的。

英语单词	hypothetical
英美音标	英 [ˌhaɪpə'θetɪkl] 美 [ˌhaɪpə'θetɪkl]
中文释义	adj.假设的；假定的
英语例句	(1) This is a purely hypothetical situation. (2) It must be emphasized that these estimates are hypothetical.
中文例句	(1) 这纯粹是一种假设的情景。 (2) 必须强调说明，这些估算都是假定的。
vocabulary简明	Everyone who has ever taken a science class knows the word "hypothesis," which means an idea, or a guess, that you are going to test through an experiment. A hypothetical is related to that. It means something based on an informed guess.
vocabulary扩展	Hypotheticals are fun. How would you do in a hypothetical arm-wrestling competition against your Grandma? There are people in the Pentagon whose jobs are to consider all kinds of hypotheticals––what if Luxembourg armed itself with nuclear weapons? What if France developed the ability to pelt Switzerland with cannons firing cheeses?
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]（基于）假设的；假定的 If something is hypothetical, it is based on possible ideas or situations rather than actual ones. 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。 ...a purely hypothetical question. 纯属假设的问题 Hypothetical is also a noun. 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。 hypothetically He was invariably willing to discuss the possibilities hypothetically... 他总是愿意谈论各种假设的可能性。 It bases its figures on what it might, hypothetically, be earning on past investment. 这些假定的可能收益数字是依据过去的投资得出的。

Hypothetical Purely Means Based 英 ˌhaɪpə'θetɪkl] 美 ˌhaɪpə'θetɪkl Adj.假设的；假定的