Definition
假说 is the formal Chinese term for a scientific hypothesis — a proposed explanation that has not yet been proven. It is more technical than the everyday word 假设 (which can also mean 'suppose' or 'assumption'), and is used in academic, research, and theoretical contexts. You'll see it in fields like physics, biology, and philosophy.
n.
(scientific) hypothesispostulate
Examples
- 假说。Kēxuéjiā tíchū le yí ge xīn jiǎ shuō lái jiěshì zhège xiànxiàng.Scientists put forward a new hypothesis to explain this phenomenon.
- 假说。Zhège jiǎ shuō hái xūyào gèng duō de shíyàn lái yànzhèng.This hypothesis still needs more experiments to verify.
- 假说。Dá'ěrwén de jìnhuàlùn zuìchū yě shì yì zhǒng jiǎ shuō.Darwin's theory of evolution was also a hypothesis at the beginning.
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