hypothetical

• 基于假设的；作为假设而提出或存在的，或供讨论、研究的假设情况。

Based on or serving as a hypothesis; assumed or proposed for the sake of argument or investigation.

1. Based on assumptionB2formal

   Involving or based on a suggested idea or theory; not necessarily real or true.

   假设的

   • The professor presented a hypothetical scenario to illustrate the concept.
   • In a hypothetical situation, what would you do?
   • The discussion was purely hypothetical and not based on actual events.

   同义词assumedconjecturalputativespeculativesuppositionaltheoretical

   反义词actualcertainconcretedefinitefactualprovenrealtrue

2. Supposed or imaginedB2formal

   Conceived as possible or imagined, but not necessarily existing.

   假设的

   • They considered a hypothetical case of a market crash.
   • The lawyer asked a hypothetical question during the trial.
   • Hypothetical reasoning is often used in philosophical debates.

   同义词assumedconjecturalnotionalputativespeculativesupposedtheoretical

   反义词actualcertainconcreteconfirmedfactualreal

• 名词，指假设的情况、假设或概念，为了论证、分析或理论而假定或想象出来的。

A noun referring to a hypothetical situation, proposition, or concept that is assumed or imagined for the sake of argument, analysis, or theory.

1. Assumed or supposed situationC1formal

   A situation or statement that is based on a hypothesis, not on reality.

   假设情况

   • Let's consider a hypothetical: what if the company goes bankrupt?
   • The professor presented a hypothetical to illustrate the theory.
   • In this hypothetical, we assume the market grows by 10%.

   同义词assumptionconjecturehypothesispostulatepremisespeculationsupposition