英 [ˈspekjuleɪt] 美 [ˈspekjuleɪt]
v. 猜测，推测；投机
第三人称单数speculates
现在分词speculating
过去式speculated
过去分词speculated
speculate /ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪt/ CET4 TEM4 [ speculating speculated speculates ]
及物动词/不及物动词 If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen. 猜测
Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead.
该项目的批评者们则猜想这相当于可以建多少家医院。
The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head.
医生们猜测他死于头部撞击引起的脑溢血。
有变体名词 猜测
The president has gone out of his way to dismiss speculation over the future of the economy.
总统努力消除对未来经济的悲观估测。
不及物动词 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. 做投机买卖
The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped.
银行贷出了太多现在无法偿还的风险贷款，而且他们在房地产业做了投机买卖，其价值目前也已经下跌。
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
philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
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
投机-引用次数：46
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。
参考来源保证金对企业期货投资影响的研究
推测
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... submit 认输；使服从；提出 speculate 沉思；思索；猜测；推测；投机 verify 证明；证实；确认 ...
系列，范围;波谱 speculate vi.思索，沉思;投机 spiral a.螺旋(形)的，盘旋的 .
speculative 投机的；推测的；思索性的
推断
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。
In light of the Pakistani Taliban's alleged involvement, some speculate there could be a shift in US policy toward Pakistan.
VOA : standard.2010.05.18
Those are easy. There's no getting around reading those things, and then it gets to be more interesting as we speculate.
这些都是显而易见的,还有些历史是,没有记录的,靠的是人们丰富的联想
古希腊历史简介课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
We speculate there may be neutronic mail here.
我们推测这应该有电子邮件。
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Officials have said they cannot speculate on the cause of the crash.
VOA : standard.2010.05.23
Clinton,appearing at the State Department's daily press briefing, said she did not want to speculate on Iran's political future, but she that the reported recount is unlikely to do much to defuse election-related tensions.
VOA : standard.2009.06.29
"Therefore, we don't want to speculate on either the project or project feasibility, " a spokesperson said.
We can speculate about the causes, but it's impossible to give a single definitive answer.
Sather wouldn't speculate on them or whether anyone currently employed by the Rangers would be considered.