单词 | speculate |
释义 | speculate 🄰 vi. 1.(try to guess)推测;猜测;推断 Her account has so successfully converted imagination into reality that there is little room for the reader to speculate, question or wonder.她的描述已成功地从想象变为现实, 读者没有多少猜测、质疑或好奇的空间。 to speculate about sth推测某事 Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead.对该项目持批评态度的人在推测如果改作他用不知可以建多少家医院。 to speculate on sth揣测某事 It would be unfair to Debby's family to speculate on the reasons for her suicide.猜测黛比自杀的原因对她的家人来说是不公平的。 to refuse to speculate拒绝推测 Mr. Clinton refused to speculate on how long he might stay on as envoy.克林顿先生拒绝猜测他可能会留任公使多长时间。 2.(financially)投机;做投机买卖 Big farmers are moving in, not in order to farm, but in order to speculate with rising land prices.大农场主迁入并不为耕种, 而是抬高土地价格, 做投机买卖。 to speculate on the stock market进行证券投机 to speculate to accumulate投机以积累资本 3.(reflect)思索;沉思 4.【英橄】<新西兰>急前踢 🄱 vt. 推测;猜测;推断 The reader can speculate what will happen next.读者可以猜测接下来会发生什么。 |
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