/ˌhaɪ.pəˈθet̬.ɪ.kəl/
a hypothetical example/situation
This is all very hypothetical but supposing Jackie got the job, how would that affect you?
based on situations or ideas which are possible and imagined rather than real and true 假设的；假定的
a hypothetical question/situation/example
假定的问题／情况／例子
Let us take the hypothetical case of Sheila, a mother of two…
我们且举关于希拉这个假定的例子，她是一位有两个孩子的母亲…
I wasn’t asking about anybody in particular—it was a purely hypothetical question.
我并没有问到具体某个人，那不过是个纯粹假设性的问题。