Hypothetically

释义 Definition

“假设地；假想地”。用于提出一种并非确定发生、而是作为设想或讨论前提的情况（常用于提问、推理、辩论或说明）。

发音 Pronunciation

/ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkli/

例句 Examples

Hypothetically, what would you do if you won the lottery?
假设一下，如果你中了彩票，你会怎么做？

The policy, hypothetically applied to every school, could widen inequality unless extra funding is provided.
如果把这项政策假设性地推广到所有学校，除非提供额外资金，否则可能会加剧不平等。

词源 Etymology

来自 hypothetical（假设的）+ 副词后缀 -ly（……地）。hypothetical 源于希腊语 hypothetikos，与 hypothesis（假设、前提）同源，核心含义是“把某事放在前提之下进行推论”。

相关词 Related Words

• Assume
• Assumption
• Hypothesis
• Theoretical
• Suppose
• Presume
• If
• In theory

文学作品 Literary Works

• The God Delusion — Richard Dawkins
• Freakonomics — Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
• A Brief History of Time — Stephen Hawking