speculate的意思

基本释义

• v 猜测，推测；投机

  to guess about the possible causes or effects of something, without knowing all the facts or details

例句

1. Jones refused to speculate about what might happen.

   琼斯拒绝猜测可能会发生什么事情。

2. He speculated in stocks.

   他炒股票。

短语

• speculate on v. 推测；考虑
• speculate about sth

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英英释义

verb 1. reflect deeply on a subject e.g. I mulled over the events of the afternoon philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate Synonym: chew, overthink, over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muser, overruminate 2. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds e.g. Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps Synonym: theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose 3. 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 e.g. We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal 4. invest at a risk e.g. I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating Synonym: job

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