If something is hypothetical, it is based on possible ideas or situations rather than actual ones.
例句
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
英汉词典释义
adj.
假设的,假定的;有待证实的
a hypothetical problem假设的问题This is a purely hypothetical situation.这纯粹是一种假设的情景。
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. based on hypothesis;
"a hypothetical situation""the site of a hypothetical colony"