1.（基于）假设的;假定的 If something is hypothetical, it is based on possible ideas or situations rather than actual ones.
hypothetically He was invariably willing to discuss the possibilities hypothetically... 他总是愿意谈论各种假设的可能性。 It bases its figures on what it might, hypothetically, be earning on past investment. 这些假定的可能收益数字是依据过去的投资得出的。
英英释义
1.a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
e.g. consider the following, just as a hypothetical
