hypothesis

/haɪˈpɑθəsəs/

a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

Chinese meaning: 假说；假设

The scientist proposed a hypothesis to explain the unusual results.

科学家提出了一个假说来解释这些不寻常的结果。

We need to test this hypothesis through a series of experiments.

我们需要通过一系列实验来检验这个假说。