concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application (关于)理论的 a theoretical physicist. 理论物理学家。 the training is task-related rather than theoretical. 培训与任务相关,并非纯理论的。 ■based on or calculated through theory rather than experience or practice 由理论得出的;理论上的 the theoretical value of their work. 他们工作的理论价值。
派生 theoretically adverb
[sentence adverb]theoretically we might expect this to be true. 从理论上说,我们可以期待这成为现实。