a.

1. 假设的；假定的
   Nobody likes to have wars, but we must make preparations for a hypothetical warfare.

   没有人喜欢战争，但我们一定要为假设性的战争作出准备。

adj.

1. based on or serving as a hypothesis.
   ▸supposed but not necessarily real or true.
2. Logic  denoting or containing a proposition of the logical form if p then q.

n.