counterfactuals

counterfactuals

美 　英

• adj.反事實的；虛擬的
• 網絡反設事實；違反事實條件句；反事實條件句系統

詞形變化

復數：counterfactuals  

英漢解釋

adj.	1. not reflecting or considering the facts 2. expressing what has not actually happened but might have happened in other circumstances
n.	1. a statement expressing something that did not happen but might have

例句

But what would have happened afterwards depends, as in so many of these exercises, on innumerable counterfactuals.

但接下來會發生什么，則要取決于數不清的與事實相反的因素——正如我們在許多類似推演中遇到的情況一樣。

But politics eschews counterfactuals: "we saved you from a depression" is not a vote-winning slogan.

但政治是慣于回避“反事實”的——“我們把你從蕭條邊緣救了回來”不是一個拉得到選票的口號。

For real counterfactuals, look to the poverty of autarkic Burma, or the miseries of North Korea and Cuba.

要找真正的反面事實，不妨看看封閉的緬甸之貧窮，或者朝鮮和古巴的苦難。

But voters respond to facts, not counterfactuals, and the perception is that the administration's policies have failed.

然而，選民認的是事實，而不是假設，現在的理念就是政府的政策已經失敗。