流逝汉英词典

speculate

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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

    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。

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。

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

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.

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