| 单词 | speculate |
| 释义 | speculate verbadverb | verb + speculate | preposition adverb➤openly, publicly公开推测◆commentators are openly speculating on whether the accusation is false.评论家们公开推测这一指控是不是诬告。➤widely广泛推测➤wildly不着边际地推测◆the british press speculated wildly about his disappearance.对于他的失踪，英国报刊给出了各种各样不着边际的推测。verb + speculate➤can only只能推测➤be free to, feel free to随意推测◆both sides are free to speculate on the other's motives.双方可以随意推测对方的动机。➤decline to, refuse to拒绝推测▸➤be interesting to, be tempting to推测一下会很有趣；令人很想推测一下➤be possible to, be reasonable to有可能／有理由推测⋯◆it would seem entirely reasonable to speculate that tribal loyalties influenced the outcome of the election.对部落的效忠精神影响了选举结果，这一推测很有道理。➤be premature to推测⋯过早◆it would be premature to speculate as to the outcome at this stage.这个时候就推测结果还为时尚早。➤be difficult to很难推测preposition➤about推测⋯◆there was no point in speculating about the possibility of them getting back together.推测他们是否会重归于好毫无意义。➤as to推测关于⋯◆we can only speculate as to this man's identity.对于这名男子的身分我们只能猜测。➤on, upon对⋯进行推测◆he refused to speculate on her reasons for leaving.他不想去猜测她离开的原因。 speculate /spekjuleɪt/ verb [intransitive] (finance 金融) 1.to buy shares, property, goods, etc. hoping to make a profit when you sell them, but with the risk of losing money 投机◆many small investors lost money speculating on the stock market. 许多小投资者因在股市投机而亏损。◆he made thousands (of dollars) speculating in property. 他炒房赚了好几千元。☞ speculatespeculate /spekjuleɪt/ [transitive] to form an opinion about sth without knowing all the details or facts推测；猜测；推断◆everyone speculated wildly about the reasons for her resignation.大家都胡乱推测她辞职的原因。◆it's useless to speculate why he did it.对于他为什么这样做，妄加猜测一点用也没有。 ➡ see also speculation → speculation , speculative → supposed speculate/ˈspekjuleɪt ||; ˈspɛkjəˌlet/verb1. [i,t] speculate (about/on sth);speculate that... to make a guess about sth 推测；猜测 [i] ◇to speculate about the result of the next election 猜测下次选举的结果 2. [i] to buy and sell with the aim of making money but with the risk of losing it 投机买卖: ◇to speculate on the stock market 在股票市场投机买卖 ➔speculation /ˌspekjuˈleɪʃn ||; ˌspɛkjəˈleʃən/ noun [u] [c] ➔speculator noun [c] speculatesee ⇨ guess 1 ⇨ risk 5 spec·u·late /`spɛkjəˏlet; ˈspekjleɪt/v 1. [i,t] to guess why something happened or what will happen next without knowing all the facts 推测，猜测:◇+ on/about police refuse to speculate on the murderer's motives. 警方拒绝猜测凶手的作案动机。 2. [i] to buy shares, goods, property etc, intending to make a large profit when you sell them 做投机生意，投机买卖 |
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