hypothetical

名词 hypothetical:

1. a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.

形容词 hypothetical:

1. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
   同义词：conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious

1. An unnamed or hypothetical manufactured article.
   未定名的主要新产品未命名的或假想的制品
2. The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.
   物种原形演化成后来各物种的真实存在的或假设的有机物
3. A hypothetical situation.
   一个假设的情形
4. A hypothetical substance formerly thought to be a volatile constituent of all combustible substances released as flame in combustion.
   燃素，热素原来假设的在所有燃烧物质中挥发性的一种物质成分，在燃烧中作为火焰而被释放出来

hy.po.thet.i.cal

adj.Abbr. hyp.（形容词）缩写 hyp.
Of, relating to, or based on a hypothesis:
假设的：一个假设的，与假设有关的，或基于一个假设的：
例句：
a hypothetical situation.See Synonyms at theoretical
一个假设的情形参见 theoretical

Suppositional; uncertain.See Synonyms at supposed
假定的；不确定的参见 supposed
Conditional; contingent.
有条件的；可能发生的

来源：
From Greek hupothetikos
源自 希腊语 hupothetikos
from hupothetos [placed under, supposed]
源自 hupothetos [ 放在…的下面，假设的]
from hupotithenai [to suppose] * see hypothesis
源自 hupotithenai [假设] *参见 hypothesis

【引伸】
hy.pothet.ical
n.（名词）
hy.pothet.ically
adv.（副词）