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。

• speculate相关词

用法辨析

v. (动词)

• 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。

• speculate使用方法
• speculate详细辨析

英汉例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)

• 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。

用作及物动词: S+～+that-clause

• He speculated that he would succeed.
  他推测他将成功。

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词组短语

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• 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

～+介词

• speculate about 猜测;关于…思索;思考;推测
• speculate as to 为…思索

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (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

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.

• speculate剑桥字典
• speculate柯林斯字典

专业释义

经济学

• 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