speculating

常用词汇　

英 ['spekjuleɪt] 　　美 ['spekjuleɪt] 　　

过去式: speculated 过去分词: speculated 现在分词: speculating 第三人称单数: speculates

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speculate的英文翻译是什么意思，词典释义与在线翻译：

v. (动词)

v. (动词)

vt. & vi. 思索; 猜测,推测 think about or take about a matter without having the necessary fact; make guesses
vi. 投机 gamble; venture

Verb:

to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
"Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
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;
"We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"
reflect deeply on a subject;
"I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
"philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
"The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
invest at a risk;
"I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

用作及物动词 (vt.)

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

He likes to speculate on the stock market.
他喜欢炒股。
It's dangerous to speculate.
做投机买卖是很危险的。
He did not speculate on who would get the prize.
他没有去猜测谁将得奖。
He began to speculate about the future.
他开始思索未来。
She often speculated as to what sort of man she would marry.
她常常在想将来自己会跟什麽样的人结婚。

用作动词 (v.)

speculate about (v.+prep.)

speculate about sth

We should speculate about the purpose of life.

我们应该想想人生的目的。

It was a quiet evening and Tom was speculating about the origin of the universe.

静悄悄的夜晚,汤姆在思索着宇宙的起源。

speculate in (v.+prep.)

speculate in sth

He made a fortune speculating in tin shares, and lost almost all of it in cocoa futures.

他做锡股的投机生意发了财,在做可可的期货交易时几乎又赔了个精光。

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

～+介词

Some physicists have speculated that in nature all particles may be colorless.
出自：Scientific American

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