counterfactual

D.J.:[ˌkauntəˈfæktʃuəl] K.K.:[ˌkaʊntɚˈfæktʃuəl]

adj.

  1. 反事实的(指在不同条件下有可能发生但违反现存事实的)

网络词典

counterfactual

英 ˈkʌtərˌfæktʃuəl 美 ˈkʌtərˌfæktʃuəl
名词 中文翻译:假设情况
同义词: ['if-then', 'hypothetical', 'conjectural']

例句:

  1. 1. If the weather were different, we might have taken a different route.
    如果天气不同,我们可能会走不同的路线。
  2. 2. The counterfactual is that if she had arrived earlier, she would have been able to catch the train.
    假设情况是,如果她早些时候到达,她本可以赶上火车。
  3. 3. The scientist conducted a counterfactual analysis to predict how the outcome might have beendifferent.
    科学家进行了一个假设分析,以预测结果可能有所不同。