1 VERB 猜；猜想；推测 If you guess something, you give an answer or provide an opinion which may not be true because you do not have definite knowledge about the matter concerned. 猜；猜想；推测 [Also VERB with quote]
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The suit was faultless: Wood guessed that he was a very successful publisher or a banker. [VERB that]
西装无可挑剔：伍德推测他可能是个相当成功的出版商或银行家。
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You can only guess at what mental suffering they endure. [VERB + at]
你只能猜测他们忍受着多大的精神痛苦。
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Paula reached for her camera, guessed distance and exposure, and shot two frames. [VERB noun]
葆拉伸手拿过照相机，估算了一下距离和曝光时间，然后拍了两张照片。
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Guess what I did for the whole of the first week. [VERB wh]
猜猜我整个第一周都干了些什么。
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If she guessed wrong, it meant twice as many meetings the following week. [VERB adv.]
如果她猜测错误，那就意味着下周的会议要多上一倍。
2 VERB 猜中；猜对 If you guess that something is the case, you correctly form the opinion that it is the case, although you do not have definite knowledge about it. 猜中；猜对
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By now you will have guessed that I'm back in Ireland. [VERB that]
你现在应该已经猜出我回到了爱尔兰了。
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As you've probably guessed, the problem was electrical. [VERB that]
你们可能已经猜测出来了，这个问题与电有关。
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He should have guessed what would happen. [VERB wh]
他本该猜到即将发生什么事情。
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Someone might have guessed our secret and passed it on. [VERB noun]
有人或许已经猜到了我们的秘密并且将其散布开了。
3 N-COUNT [oft NOUN that, N as to n/wh] 猜测；猜想 A guess is an attempt to give an answer or provide an opinion which may not be true because you do not have definite knowledge about the matter concerned. 猜测；猜想
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My guess is that the chance that these vaccines will work is zero.
我猜测这些疫苗根本不可能奏效。
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He'd taken her pulse and made a guess at her blood pressure. [+ at]
他给她把过脉，估量了她的血压。
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Well, we can hazard a guess at the answer. [+ at]
噢，我们可以猜一猜答案。
SYN estimate, reckoning, speculation, judgment
4 PHRASE 大家都拿不准的事 If you say that something is anyone's guess or anybody's guess, you mean that no-one can be certain about what is really true. 大家都拿不准的事 [informal]
5 PHRASE 凭猜测 You say at a guess to indicate that what you are saying is only an estimate or what you believe to be true, rather than being a definite fact. 凭猜测 [vagueness]
6 PHRASE 我想；我认为 You say I guess to show that you are slightly uncertain or reluctant about what you are saying. 我想；我认为 [mainly US, informal, vagueness]
7 PHRASE 让（人）捉摸不定 If someone keeps you guessing, they do not tell you what you want to know. 让（人）捉摸不定
8 CONVENTION 你猜怎么着；想不到吧 You say guess what to draw attention to something exciting, surprising, or interesting that you are about to say. 你猜怎么着；想不到吧 [informal]
Quotations
The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coin of the thinker at work Jerome S. Bruner The Process of Education
I never guess. It is a shocking habit - destructive to the logical faculty Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of Four
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | guess Also look up: |
| VERB. | estimate, predict, suspect 1 |
| N. | assumption, prediction, theory 3 |
| Word Partnership | Use guess with: |
| N. | guess a secret 1 2 |
| ADJ. | educated guess, good guess, wild guess 3 |
| VERB. | make a guess 3 |
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