speculate
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen. 猜测
Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead. 该项目的批评者们则猜想这相当于可以建多少家医院。
The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head. 医生们猜测他死于头部撞击引起的脑溢血。
2. speculationN-VAR 猜测
The president has gone out of his way to dismiss speculation over the future of the economy. 总统努力消除对未来经济的悲观估测。
3. V-I If someone speculates financially, they buy property, stocks, or shares, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit. 做投机买卖
The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped. 银行贷出了太多现在无法偿还的风险贷款,而且他们在房地产业做了投机买卖,其价值目前也已经下跌。
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speculate /ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪt/ (speculating,speculated,speculates)
剑桥词典
- It's useless to speculate without more information .
- Royal-watchers have once again been speculating on the health of the princess .
- Scientists have speculated about the possibility of parallel universes.
speculate verb [I] (GUESS)
to guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain猜测;推测,推断
I don't know why she did it - I'm just speculating. 我不知道她为什么那么做——我只是猜测。
A spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the train crash . 一位发言人拒绝就火车相撞事件的原因作出推测。
Journalists are speculating about whether interest rates will be cut . 记者们在猜测是否会降息。
[ 词或词组后面接一个that从句 ] The newspapers have speculated that they will get married next year . 报纸猜测他们明年会结婚。
例句
speculate verb [I] (TRADE)
to buy and sell in the hope that the value of what you buy will increase and that it can then be sold at a higher price in order to make a profit
投机,做投机买卖
He made his money speculating on the London gold and silver markets . 他在伦敦黄金市场和白银市场上做投机生意赚了钱。
The company has been speculating in property for years . 这家公司做房地产投机生意已经有好几年了。 返回 speculate