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,猜测,推测
- vi.投机
词根记忆
- spec(看) + ulate→仔细地看→推测;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→推测
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- speculative:投机的;推测的;思索性的。
- n性质的同根词
- speculation:投机;推测;思索;投机买卖。
- speculator:投机者;思索者。
- speculativeness:思辩。
用法辨析
- speculate的基本意思是“思索”“猜测”,指考虑或谈论某事而前提不确定或不完整,只是凭空猜想或仅凭推理,因此其结论往往具有假设性或理论性,本词强调推理过程。
- speculate可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,常接that从句。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- We don't know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless to speculate.
我们不了解所有的情况,妄加推测是没有意义的。 - He speculated that he would succeed.
他推测他将成功。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+that-clause
词组短语
- speculate casually 碰巧地猜测
- speculate rashly 轻率地推测
- speculate shrewdly 精明地猜测
- speculate theoretically 理论地猜测
- speculate about 猜测;关于…思索;思考;推测
- speculate as to 为…思索
用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
~+介词
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
- 投机
So during the firms hedge in futures markets, they also speculate on the hedging position.
所以,通常企业在套保的过程中,也采用投机手法对已建立的保值头寸进行灵活处理。地球科学
- 推测