speculate
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈspek.jə.leɪt]
- 美式音标 [ˈspek.jə.leɪt]
- 国际音标 ['spekjuleit]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.思索,猜測,推測
- vi.投機
词根记忆
- spec(看) + ulate→仔細地看→推測;深思,沉思
- spec(看) + ulate(做)→看得多想得也多→思索
- spec(看) + ulate(做得多)→看得多→引起思索
- specul(看) + ate→用心看→推測
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- speculative:投機的;推測的;思索性的。
- n性質的同根詞
- speculation:投機;推測;思索;投機買賣。
- speculator:投機者;思索者。
- speculativeness:思辯。
用法辨析
- speculate的基本意思是“思索”“猜測”,指考慮或談論某事而前提不確定或不完整,衹是憑空猜想或僅憑推理,因此其結論往往具有假設性或理論性,本詞強調推理過程。
- speculate可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,常接that從句。
v. (動詞)
英汉例句
- We don't know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless to speculate.
我們不了解所有的情況,妄加推測是沒有意義的。 - He speculated that he would succeed.
他推測他將成功。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+~+that-clause
词组短语
- speculate casually 碰巧地猜測
- speculate rashly 輕率地推測
- speculate shrewdly 精明地猜測
- speculate theoretically 理論地猜測
- speculate about 猜測;關於…思索;思考;推測
- speculate as to 爲…思索
用作動詞 (v.)
~+副詞
~+介詞
英英字典
- (GUESS) to guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain
- (TRADE) to buy and sell in the hope that the value of what you buy will increase and that it can then be sold at a higher price in order to make a profit
- If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen.
- speculation
- If someone speculates financially, they buy property, stocks, or shares, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit.
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专业释义
- 投機
So during the firms hedge in futures markets, they also speculate on the hedging position.
所以,通常企業在套保的過程中,也採用投機手法對已建立的保值頭寸進行霛活処理。地球科學
- 推測