
英:/'ˈspekjuleɪt/ 美:/'ˈspekjuleɪt/
推测
过去式:speculated 过去分词:speculated 现在分词:speculating 第三人称单数:speculates
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vi. 推测;投机;思索
vt. 推断
I speculate on that he is an American.
我推测他是一个美国人。
The police speculated on the height and weight of the suspect from the footprints left at the crime scene.
警方从犯罪现场留下的脚印推测出嫌疑人的身高和体重。
He has been speculating in the stock business for almost ten years.
他做股票投机生意已经快十年了。
A spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the train crash.
一位发言人拒绝就火车相撞事件的原因作出推测
It is useless to speculate why he did it.
对他为什么这么做妄加猜测毫无用处。
It's always hard to speculate about the future.
推测未来总是很难的。
It's tempting to speculate about what might have happened.
大家不禁猜测,到底发生了什么事。
This has led scientists to speculate on the existence of other galaxies.
这就使得科学家推测还有其他星系存在。
We can speculate that the stone circles were used in some sort of pagan ceremony.
我们可以推测,这些石头排成的圆圈是用于某种异教崇拜仪式的。
speculate on
v. 推测;考虑
vi.|guess/venture;推测;投机;思索
vt.|understand/conclude;推断
speculate 是一个多义词,核心含义是基于不完整的信息进行思考、推理或预测,常带有不确定性或风险。其具体含义需结合语境理解,主要分为以下几类:
推测;猜测 (To form a theory or conjecture without firm evidence)
(商业、金融)投机 (To invest in stocks, property, etc. in the hope of making a profit but with the risk of losing money)
深思;思索 (To think deeply about a subject; to meditate or reflect)
总结关键点:
词源: 源自拉丁语 speculatus (观察,侦察),与 specere (看) 相关,原意与“观察”有关,引申为通过观察进行推测。
“speculate” 是一个多义词,具体含义需结合语境理解:
1. 推测/猜测(基于不确定的信息)
指在没有充分证据时,通过观察或逻辑进行推断。
2. 金融/商业投机
指为获取高收益而进行高风险投资或交易。
词源
源自拉丁语 speculari(观察、监视),与“瞭望”相关,后引申为“通过观察推理”。
注意
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