1. It must be emphasized that these estimates are hypothetical . 必须强调说明，这些估算都是假定的。
2. Space colonies, or a hypothetical large community of people living and working in space, are a popular subject in science magazines. 太空殖民地，也就是假想中的人们生活工作的大型太空社区，是科学杂志上常见的主题。
3. The springboard for this discussion of moral philosophy was a hypothetical religious claim that, without a God, morals are relative and arbitrary. 这个关于道德哲学的讨论的出发点是一个假设的宗教主张，没有上帝，道德就会是相对的和任意的。
英英解释
n.
1. a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
2. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
