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hypothetic

/hahy-puh-thet-i-kuhl/US // ˌhaɪ pəˈθɛt ɪ kəl //UK // (ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl) //

假定的,假设性的,假设,假设的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also hy·po·thet·ic [hahy-puh-thet-ik] /ˌhaɪ pəˈθɛt ɪk/ .

    • : assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
    • : of, pertaining to, involving, or characterized by hypothesis: hypothetical reasoning.
    • : given to making hypotheses.
    • : Logic. highly conjectural; not well supported by available evidence. conditional.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hypothetical situation, instance, etc.: The Secretary of Defense refused to discuss hypotheticals with the reporters.

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Examples

  • An improved and enlarged edition of this hypothetic "Progonotaxis hominis" was published in 1908, in my essay Unsere Ahnenreihe.

  • He was acting on hypothetic grounds, but this was the sort of action that had the keenest interest for his diplomatic mind.

  • It is here that the relation of the hypothetic transformistic principle to our concept of entelechy is concerned.

  • The brown eyes blazed on him with the anger meant for his hypothetic slanderer.

  • When disproved, it is shown to have been a false supposition; when proved, it is no longer hypothetic.