If something is hypothetical, it is based on possible ideas or situations rather than actual ones.
Let's look at a hypothetical situation in which Carol, a recovering alcoholic, gets invited to a party.
我们来假设一下这样一个情景,卡罗尔,一个正在康复中的嗜酒者,被邀请去参加一场聚会。
Candidates are required to describe what they would do in a variety of hypothetical situations.
候选人必须描述他们在不同的假设情况下会如何应对。
a purely hypothetical question.
一个纯粹假设的问题。