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，猜測，推測
• vi.投機

词根记忆

• spec(看) + ulate→仔細地看→推測；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→推測

同根派生

• adj性質的同根詞

  speculative：投機的；推測的；思索性的。

• n性質的同根詞

  speculation：投機；推測；思索；投機買賣。

  speculator：投機者；思索者。

  speculativeness：思辯。

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用法辨析

v. (動詞)

• speculate的基本意思是“思索”“猜測”,指考慮或談論某事而前提不確定或不完整,衹是憑空猜想或僅憑推理,因此其結論往往具有假設性或理論性,本詞強調推理過程。
• speculate可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,常接that從句。

• speculate使用方法
• speculate详细辨析

英汉例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

• We don't know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless to speculate.
  我們不了解所有的情況,妄加推測是沒有意義的。

用作及物動詞: S+～+that-clause

• He speculated that he would succeed.
  他推測他將成功。

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词组短语

用作動詞 (v.)

～+副詞

• speculate casually 碰巧地猜測
• speculate rashly 輕率地推測
• speculate shrewdly 精明地猜測
• speculate theoretically 理論地猜測

～+介詞

• speculate about 猜測;關於…思索;思考;推測
• speculate as to 爲…思索

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (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

經濟學

• 投機

  So during the firms hedge in futures markets, they also speculate on the hedging position.
  所以，通常企業在套保的過程中，也採用投機手法對已建立的保值頭寸進行霛活処理。

  地球科學

• 推測