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| | to say or decide what you think is true , without being certain about it 猜测；推测 | a competition to guess the weight of the pig 生猪重量竞猜比赛 | | +at It’ s difficult even to guess at the figures. 即便是数字也很难猜测。 | | guess sth as sth He guessed her age as 14 or 15. 他猜她的年龄是14岁或15岁。 | | +what/who/how etc Would anyone like to guess what this object is? 有没有人想猜猜这是什么东西？ | | +(that) She guessed that it was about midday from the position of the sun. 她根据太阳的位置猜测大概是中午了。 | | guess as to sth Scientists are really still guessing as to the true cause of ice ages. 科学家们确实还在猜测冰川期的确切成因。 | | guess correctly/right Whoever guesses correctly will win two tickets to the show. 不管谁猜对都会赢得两张演出入场券 | | | a | to be correct about something that you guess 猜到 | | He had already guessed the answer. 他已经猜到了答案。 | | Surely she would guess the truth. 她一定会猜到事实真相的。 | | +about He wondered whether she knew or guessed about Amy. 他在想埃米的事情她是知道了还是猜测而已。 | | +(that) Tim guessed she was awake. 蒂姆猜想她是醒着的。 | | I expect you’ ve guessed by now that I lost the fight. 我想你已经猜到那次斗争我失败了。 | | guess sth from sth She guessed from the noise that her brothers were home. 她听声音就猜出来是她的兄弟们回家了。 | | not be hard to guess sth From his expression, it wasn’ t hard to guess what had happened. 从他的表情上不难猜出发生了什么。 | | |
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| - | guess what spoken
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| used for introducing what you want to tell someone , especially when you are pleased or excited about it |
| 猜猜看；想不到吧 |
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| Guess what! I won a trip to the Caribbean! 想不到吧！我赢得了去加勒比海旅行的大奖！ |
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| - | I guess informal
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| used when you are saying something that you think is probably true or correct |
| 我想 |
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| +(that) I guess I’ ll never be able to explain. 我想我永远都无法解释。 |
| I guess not ‘So you won’ t be going there again?’ ‘I guess not.’ “所以你再也不会去那里了？”“我想不会了。” |
| I guess so (=used for saying yes, but not very strongly) ‘Were you happy with the result?’ ‘Well, I guess so.’ 我想是这样的 |
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| - | I/you/he etc can only guess
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| used for emphasizing that something is not known , especially someone’ s feelings or the degree to which something is happening |
| 我/你/他等只能猜测 |
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| Why this approach failed, we can only guess. 我们只能猜测这种方法失败的原因。 |
| +at Melissa could only guess at what the child must be feeling. 梅利莎只能猜测孩子那时的感觉。 |
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| - | I/you/she etc would never guess spoken
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| used for showing that you think something is not at all obvious |
| 我/你/她等怎么也想不到 |
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| Looking at her now you’ d never guess she’ d been so upset. 看她现在的样子你怎么也想不到她曾经是多么伤心。 |
| I’ d never have guessed that they were married. 我怎么也想不到他们结婚了。 |
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| - | keep sb guessing
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| to deliberately not tell someone what is happening or what is going to happen |
| 故意不告诉某人；故意让某人猜测 |
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| - | let me guess spoken
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| used when you are going to say what you think is happening , instead of waiting for someone to tell you |
| 让我猜猜看 |
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| - | I might have guessed
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| used for saying that you should have realized something |
| 我本该猜到的 |
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| - | you can guess spoken
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| used for saying that it is very obvious what happened or what is going to happen |
| 你猜得到 |
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| In a bar one night I met a girl, asked her out, and you can guess the rest. 有个晚上在酒吧我碰到了一个女孩并邀她出去，此后的事你就猜得到了。 |
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| - | you’ ll never guess spoken
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| used for introducing something interesting or exciting that you want to tell someone |
| 你永远都想不到；你肯定猜不到 |
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| +who/what/how etc You’ ll never guess who I sat next to! 你怎么也想不到我坐在谁的旁边！ |
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| - | you’ ve guessed it spoken
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| used for saying that the bad thing someone expects is true or will happen |
| 正如你所料 |
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| The weather forecast for the holiday weekend – yes, you’ ve guessed it! Wet and windy. 正如你所料，天气预报说这周末有雨和大风。 |
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