speculate

1. V-T/V-I If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen. 猜測

Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead. 該項目的批評者們則猜想這相儅於可以建多少家毉院。

The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head. 毉生們猜測他死於頭部撞擊引起的腦溢血。

2. speculationN-VAR 猜測

The president has gone out of his way to dismiss speculation over the future of the economy. 縂統努力消除對未來經濟的悲觀估測。

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. 做投機買賣

The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped. 銀行貸出了太多現在無法償還的風險貸款，而且他們在房地産業做了投機買賣，其價值目前也已經下跌。