hypothetical

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 [ˌhaɪpəˈθɛɾɪkəɫ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A possible or hypothetical situation or proposition.
    — These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.
形容词 adj.
  1. Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural.
    — Such a subjunctive as appears in the principal clause (i.e. the apodosis) of a conditional sentence may be called a hypothetical subjunctive. An hypothetical subjunctive expresses an action¹ which, while its non-occurrence is implied, is yet supposed to occur, if some other action occur.
  2. Conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent.

词形变化

more hypothetical comparative most hypothetical superlative hypotheticals plural

词汇关系

反义词
actual categorical
衍生词
antihypothetical hypothetical baptism hypothetical imperative hypotheticality hypothetically hypothetical taxonomic unit nonhypothetical unhypothetical

词源

词源 1
From Ancient Greek ὑποθετικός (hupothetikós).
词源 2
From Ancient Greek ὑποθετικός (hupothetikós).
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