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单词 speculation
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speculation
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌspek.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌspek.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/

speculationnoun[C or U](GUESS)

C1
theactivityofguessingpossibleanswersto aquestionwithout having enoughinformationto becertain:
猜测；推测，推断
Rumours that they are about tomarryhave beendismissedaspurespeculation.他们打算结婚的传言已证实只不过是猜测。
Speculationabouthisfutureplansisrife.对他未来的计划猜测很多，众说纷纭。
[+ that]News of the president'sillnessfuelled/promptedspeculationthatanelectionwill beheldlaterin theyear.总统患病的消息引起了人们的猜测，认为在今年晚些时候会举行一次选举。
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  • He hadtriedtodampdown speculation about thestateof hismarriage.
  • Herresignationendsmonthsof speculation about herfuture.
  • Thestatementexcitednew speculation that aseniorministermay be about toresign.
  • Theprimeminister'sspeechfuelledspeculation that she is about toresign.
  • Theministerdismissedthenewspaperreportsaspurespeculation.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Guesses and assumptions
  • a shot in the darkidiom
  • approximation
  • assumption
  • bet
  • conjecture
  • counterfactual
  • educated guess
  • estimate
  • guess
  • misestimation
  • overestimate
  • overestimation
  • preception
  • preconception
  • proposition
  • re-estimate
  • sneaking
  • speculatively
  • supposition
  • suspicion
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speculationnoun[C or U](TRADING)

theactofspeculatinginorderto make aprofit
投机，投机买卖
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stock markets
  • algo
  • anti-city
  • anti-dilution
  • anti-speculation
  • anti-speculative
  • bearish
  • bond
  • bull
  • bull market
  • non-controlling
  • non-convertible
  • non-cumulative
  • non-directional
  • non-discretionary
  • payback period
  • rogue trader
  • stockbroker
  • stockholder
  • strip
  • the Big Board
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(Definition ofspeculationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

speculation| Business English

speculation
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌspekjəˈleɪʃən/us
theactofguessingpossibleanswersto aquestionwithout having enoughinformationto becertain:
Rumours that theCEOisretiringhave beendismissedaspurespeculation.
speculation about sthThenewsledto speculation aboutpossiblefurtherdeparturesamong theseniorexecutiveteam.
speculation (that)There is speculation that fourthquarterGDPgrowthcould bereviseddownwards.
Thedollarroseamidspeculationthatcentralbankscouldbuythecurrencyincollaboration.
fuel/prompt speculationThe chairman'sspeechfuelledspeculation that amergerwillhappenlaterin theyear.
on speculationThestockshotuprecentlyon speculation that afinancingpackagewasimminent.
FINANCE
theactofbuyingsomethinghopingthatitsvaluewillincreaseand thensellingat thishigherpriceinorderto make aprofit:
speculation on/in sthEvidence that theeconomyisacceleratingcouldfuelfurtherspeculation incommoditymarkets.
Theshareissuecoincidedwith ahugeriseinamateurstockmarketspeculation.
(Definition ofspeculationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspeculation

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Of course at this point such speculations are highly tenuous.
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Most readers have had a predilection to dismiss the arguments and speculations.
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Although the present findings neither affirm nor refute the preceding speculations, they permit the point to be illustrated.
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All errors, misinterpretations, and speculations should be placed at the door of the author.
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Such details and insights should make room for further observations and speculations by students and teacher.
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In the absence of more detailed information, further inquiries into these speculations cannot be carried out.
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However, these speculations are intended only to provoke further research into the basis of commonly obtained compound capacity limits.
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Such green speculations are problematic and will not be pursued further; purely human needs are the concern here.
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Therefore, as made clear in the target article, we see no reason to entertain speculations to the effect that they are.
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If these speculations are true, then both single word and sentence-level tasks would likely be sensitive to the degree of damage within the semantic network.
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Houses were built along these streets as individual speculations, apparently without any regard to one another.
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Many wild and rash speculations will not survive subsequent testing and consequently will not be rated as contributing to the growth of scientific knowledge.
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Such speculations aside, it appears that little if anything was done with these new powers.
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Numerous speculations have attempted to relate this to climate, diet or geology.
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Because the relationships between pathogenetic theories and evidence remain ambivalent, we refrain from making further speculations at this point.
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