词汇 | speculate |
释义 | speculate 1 ENTRIES FOUND: speculate (verb) speculate /ˈspɛkjəˌleɪt/ verb speculates; speculated; speculating speculate /ˈspɛkjəˌleɪt/ verb speculates; speculated; speculating Learner's definition of SPECULATE 1 : to think about something and make guesses about it : to form ideas or theories about something usually when there are many things not known about it猜测;推测;推断 [no object] She could only speculate about/on her friend's motives.她只能猜测她朋友的动机。 He speculated as to whether she would come.他猜她会不会来。 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。 [+ object] — + that 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。 2 [no object] : to invest money in ways that could produce a large profit but that also involve a lot of risk投机 speculating on the stock market炒股 — speculator /ˈspɛkjəˌleɪtɚ/ noun, plural speculators [count] a land speculator土地投机商 a Wall Street speculator华尔街的投机商 |
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