speculate 详细解释
speculate
['spekjuleit]
vt.推测
vi.投机, 深思
vi.
1. 思索; 沉思; 推测[(+on/upon/about)]
She speculated about her friend's motives.
她猜测她朋友的动机。
2. 投机; 做投机买卖[(+in)]
He speculated successfully in mining shares.
他做矿业股票投机获得成功。
vt.
推测, 推断[Y][+that]
He was speculating that this might be his last chance.
他推测这可能是他的最后一次机会了。
词形变化
动词过去式: speculated | 动词过去分词: speculated | 动词现在分词: speculating | 动词第三人称单数: speculates |
词义辨析
同义:
vi.思索; 推测
vt.推测, 冒险
vi.沉思; 反省
同义参见:
英英释义
动词 speculate:
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
同义词：theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
reflect deeply on a subject
同义词：chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate
invest at a risk
同义词：job
补充
speculatespeculate英:[ˈspekjuleit] 美:[ˈspɛkjəˌlet]vt. & vi.1.思索; 猜测, 推测We don't know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless to speculate.我们不了解所有的情况, 妄加推测是没有意义的。He speculated that he would succeed.他推测他将成功。vi.1.投机Would he be what he is if he hadn't speculated on the stock of exchange?如果不搞证券投机买卖, 他会成为今天这个样子吗?例句
1. Her account has so successfully converted imagination into reality that there is little room for the reader to speculate, question or wonder.她的描述已成功地从想象变为现实, 读者没有多少猜测、质疑或好奇的空间。 2. Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead.对该项目持批评态度的人在推测如果改作他用不知可以建多少家医院。 3. It would be unfair to Debby's family to speculate on the reasons for her suicide.猜测黛比自杀的原因对她的家人来说是不公平的。 4. Mr. Clinton refused to speculate on how long he might stay on as envoy.克林顿先生拒绝猜测他可能会留任公使多长时间。 5. Big farmers are moving in, not in order to farm, but in order to speculate with rising land prices.大农场主迁入并不为耕种, 而是抬高土地价格, 做投机买卖。 6. The reader can speculate what will happen next.读者可以猜测接下来会发生什么。 7. This is the method that we have been speculating about.这正是我们一直在思考的方法。 8. No one can speculate on what he's thinking about.没人知道他在想什么。 9. to speculate on the futures搞期货投机生意 10. to speculate one's intention猜测某人的意图 11. It is speculated that the murder was done by the international narcotics ring.据推测这次暗杀事件系国际贩毒集团所为。 12. No man speculates he would win the game.每个人都相信他将取得比赛的胜利。 13. my colleagues speculate about my private life.我的同事们猜测我的私生活。 14. [with clause]observers speculated that the authorities wished to improve their image.观察员们推测当局希望能改善他们的形象。 15. he didn't look as though he had the money to speculate in shares.他看上去不像有钱做股票的。 16. to speculate about the result of the next election猜测下次选举的结果 17. to speculate on the stock market在股票市场投机买卖 18. She could only speculate about/on her friend's motives.她只能猜测她朋友的动机。 19. He speculated as to whether she would come.他猜她会不会来。 20. We don't know what happened—we can only speculate.我们不知道发生了什么——我们只能推测。 21. Scientists speculate that the illness is caused by a virus.科学家推断这种疾病是由一种病毒引起的。 22. speculating on the stock market炒股 23. a land speculator土地投机商 24. a Wall Street speculator华尔街的投机商热门单词推荐
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