speculate
['spekjuleit]
vt.推测
vi.投机, 深思
例句与用法:
A device for converting electromagnetic radiation in the infra-red, visible and/or ultra-violet regions of the spectrum into an electric current.
一种把下述光谱范围内的电磁辐射转换成电流的装置:红外线、可见光和/或紫外线。
In the spectrum, distinct colours shade into each other.
在光谱中,截然不同的颜色相互融合起来。
Red and violet are at opposite ends of the spectrum.
红色和紫色位于光谱相对的两端。
There's a wide spectrum of opinions on this problem.
对这个问题的说法众说纷纭,莫衷一是。
词形变化:
动词过去式: speculated | 动词过去分词: speculated | 动词现在分词: speculating | 动词第三人称单数: speculates |
vi.
1. 思索; 沉思; 推测[(+on/upon/about)]
She speculated about her friend's motives.
她猜测她朋友的动机。
2. 投机; 做投机买卖[(+in)]
He speculated successfully in mining shares.
他做矿业股票投机获得成功。
vt.
推测, 推断[Y][+that]
He was speculating that this might be his last chance.
他推测这可能是他的最后一次机会了。
speculate
过去式:speculated
过去分词:speculated
现在进行时:speculating
词形变化:
动词过去式: speculated | 动词过去分词: speculated | 动词现在分词: speculating | 动词第三人称单数: speculates |
词义辨析:
同义:
vi.思索; 推测
guess
theorize
conjecture
vt.推测, 冒险
gamble
risk
chance
venture
vi.沉思; 反省
reflect
meditate
consider
contemplate
study
deliberate
同义参见:
generalize
conceive
speculate['spekjuleit]vi.1.■沉思,思索,考虑(about, on, upon):This is the method that we have been speculating about.这正是我们一直在思考的方法。2.■推测,猜测 (about,on):No one can speculate on what he's thinking about.没人知道他在想什么。3.■做投机生意;投机:to speculate on the futures搞期货投机生意vt.1.■推测,猜测:to speculate one's intention猜测某人的意图It is speculated that the murder was done by the international narcotics ring.据推测这次暗杀事件系国际贩毒集团所为。2.■怀疑;设想:No man speculates he would win the game.每个人都相信他将取得比赛的胜利。3.■观察(天体等)4.■在风险企业中投入(资金)5.■[废语]思考,考虑;研究近义词think变形vi.speculatedspeculating
speculatespeculate[ˈspekjuˌleit]vi.1.■沉思, 思索, 揣想, 设想, 推测(about, on, upon)2.■投机(in)speculate about the origin of the universe推测宇宙的起源speculate in stocks做股票投机speculate on a rise [fall]做多头[空头]投机, 赌涨[跌]I've been -ting on my future.我一直在思索我的未来。It's dangerous to speculate.做投机买卖是很危险的。
词性变化speculate[ˈspekjuˌleit]vt.1.■对(有风险的事业)投资
[ˈspɛkjʊleɪt]
verb
[no obj.]
- form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence
推测
my colleagues speculate about my private life.
我的同事们猜测我的私生活。
[with clause]observers speculated that the authorities wished to improve their image.
观察员们推测当局希望能改善他们的形象。 - invest in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss
做投机买卖
he didn't look as though he had the money to speculate in shares.
他看上去不像有钱做股票的。
speculation
noun
speculator
noun
语源
- late 16th cent.: from Latin speculat- observed from a vantage point, from the verb speculari, from specula 'watchtower', from specere 'to look'
speculate
动词 speculate:
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
同义词:theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
reflect deeply on a subject
同义词:chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate
invest at a risk
同义词:job
speculate
■"I can only speculate on why.
“我只能推测原因。
■He wouldn‘ t speculate on whether the president is obligated to get another gift.
”但他不确定布什会不会再送上一份大礼。
■One month from now, many a political activist and amateur pundit will survey the landscape and speculate on why certain candidates lost.
一个月后,当许多政治活动家和业余学者将调查景观及猜测为什么某些候选人丧失。
■Some speculate that the Lemurians were at some point telepathically linked to the Dolphins.
一些人推测利莫里亚在同一个点上与海豚有心灵感应。
■Several NGOs speculate that they have accepted compensation in cash, together with a clause that silences them.
一些非政府组织推测他们接受了经济补偿,随之而来的条件是要求他们保持沉默。
■Warrants can be acquired on various types of underlying and investors can use these derivatives to speculate on indices, equities and currencies.
不同的权证可依据不同的标的证券而被发行,投资者可利用这类金融衍生工具,对指数、股票和货币进行投机性的买卖。
■Don't diversify, concentrate on a few commodities. More diversity reduces amount you can speculate with. Also too much to watch.
不要撒芝麻在几种商品上。分布过散会减少你能用以投机的数量。况且要看管的太多。
■Nobody wants you to speculate recklessly.
不顾死活去冒险,谁也不愿意;
■No, it's just because I don't want to speculate with something in which children's inocence is at stake.
不,只是因为我不想要推测一些小孩们不知道的未定的事情。
■Dennis' story has made many people speculate about the possibility of the crashed vehicle containing alien life forms.
丹尼斯的故事使许多人开始怀疑这个坠落物中有外星生命体的可能性。
■Why permit such a criminal to sit about and speculate on some plan of escape?
为什么要听任这样一个犯人坐在那里,盘算逃脱的计划呢?
■Before some analysts to speculate that China will adjust the yuan exchange rate in order to promote trade.
之前部分分析师猜测,中国将调整人民币汇率,以促进贸易。
■So we can only speculate the side which will be propitious to the last result more.
于是我们只能推测出哪一面更由于最后的结果。
■There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.---Mark Twain.
人一生中有两种时机根本不用思索:当他不能支付的时候和当他能够支付的时候。及时享乐,不为将来盘算,不为忧虑盘算。
■One can either hedge or speculate in the spot market for foreign exchange.
人们可以在即期外汇市场上进行套期保值或投机。
■There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate; when he can't afford it and when he can.
人的一生中有两个时候不应投机:投机不起的时候和投机得起的时候。
■The mind will not only deduce, speculate, and comprehend, but it will also awaken, will, enlighten and inspire.
人的思想不仅能够推想、推测和理解,也能够觉醒、遂愿、启迪和激励。
■One can speculate from these findings that women might on average prove more capable of controlling their emotional reactions.
从这些发现,你可以臆测,平均而言,女性也许更能控制自己的情绪反应。
■They can only speculate on whether there will be enough oil for the world's needs by the end of this century.
他们只能推测到本世纪末,是否会有足够的石油满足这个世界的需求。
■A lifetime of obesity might have different effects on longevity, they speculate.
他们推测终生肥胖对于寿命具有不同的影响。
■They speculate that it is not just a question of letting more water into the seed, but also into the cells themselves.
他们推测这不仅能让更多的水进入种子,而且是进入细胞自身内部。
■This might indicate a predisposition to elevated mood and mania, they speculate.
他们推测这可能表示易于情绪高涨或躁狂的体质。
■They speculate with other people's money and desperately want to be fooled.
他们用他人的钱进行投机,拼了命地想要被愚弄。
■He can only speculate as to which horse will win the race.
他只能推测那一匹在赛马中会获胜。
■He likes to speculate on the stock market.
他喜欢炒股。
■He began to speculate about the future.
他开始思索未来。
■He declined to speculate about the future of the company.
他拒绝预测公司的未来。
■He is speculate that this may be his last chance.
他推测这可能是他的最後一次机会了。
■He did not speculate on who would get the pize.
他没有去猜测谁将得奖。
■His physical condition was deteriorating, and he began to speculate on the matter of death.
他的健康状况日恶化,他开始考虑起死的问题。
■He said that an investigation is underway and declined to speculate on the motives.
他说调查已经展开而且排除了对事故动机的猜测.
■To speculate in a philosophical manner.
以哲学家的方式推究
■But we are still so ignorant about the brain that we can only speculate.
但我们对大脑了解得太少了,因此也仅止于推测。
■But people speculate that Bertelsmann may want to sell out to Sony next year.
但有传言称贝塔斯曼明年可能买断给索尼。
■To investigate, reason, or speculate in psychological terms.
作心理分析从心理学角度作调查,推断或思考
■Can you speculate how such damage might arise?
你能否想出这种伤害是怎样引起的?
■In addition to your unexpected things make a judgment, but also objects to the next step in a position to speculate.
你除了要对突如其来的事物作出判断,也要对物体的下一步位置有一个推测。
■To speculate in(stock) by making a series of buying and selling transactions in which paper profits are used as margin for buying more stock.
使用通过一系列的买进和卖出的交易,在这里证券利润被用做买进更多股票的保证金,而进行(股票)投机
■It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.
值得重视的是,那些具有最大胆的思想观点的人,对于外界的清规戒律也最能泰然处之。
■It's dangerous to speculate.
做投机买卖是很危险的。
■People who speculate have to be prepared to take the risk of losing money.
做投机买卖的人对亏损的风险得有所准备。
■It is dangerous to speculate in gold mines.
做金矿的投机买卖是很危险的。
■Others speculate that Atlantis and Lemuria co-existed for thousands of years.
其他的就推测亚特兰蒂斯与利莫里亚共存了数千年。
■So far, the police can only speculate on the possible motives for the killing.
到目前为止,警方还只能。
■The doctors speculate that he died of cancer.
医生推测他死于癌症。
■Even to speculate on it is a gain.
即使思索一下也会得益非浅。
■Historians speculate that without the V5 rocket, Germany could not have won the war...
历史学家推断,没有V5火箭,德国就没有可能胜利...
■Historians speculate that he may have also fought at Platea in 479 BCE, but there is no conclusive evidence of this.
历史学家还疑心他或许也在西元前479年的普拉提战役中掺和了一把,只是没有确切的证据罢了。
■A spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the train crash.
发言人拒绝对火车失事原因进行猜测。
■While some intrepid individuals did speculate in currency futures, highly trained specialists dominated the pits.
只有少量份额的货币期货为一些个人投资者做投机所用,该市场主要还是由经过专业培训的行家操纵。