speculate

vt. 推測

vi. 投機(jī)；深思

詳細(xì)解釋

v.(動(dòng)詞)

同步翻譯

v.(動(dòng)詞)

vt. & vi. 思索; 猜測,推測 think about or take about a matter without having the necessary fact; make guesses
vi. 投機(jī) gamble; venture

英語翻譯

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\\\"

造句

用作及物動(dòng)詞(vt.)

用作不及物動(dòng)詞(vi.)

He likes to speculate on the stock market.
他喜歡炒股。
It\\\'s dangerous to speculate.
做投機(jī)買賣是很危險(xiǎn)的。
He did not speculate on who would get the prize.
他沒有去猜測誰將得獎(jiǎng)。
He began to speculate about the future.
他開始思索未來。
She often speculated as to what sort of man she would marry.
她常常在想將來自己會(huì)跟什麼樣的人結(jié)婚。

常用短語

用作動(dòng)詞(v.)

speculate about (v.+prep.)

speculate about sth

We should speculate about the purpose of life.

我們應(yīng)該想想人生的目的。

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

靜悄悄的夜晚,湯姆在思索著宇宙的起源。

speculate in (v.+prep.)

speculate in sth

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

他做錫股的投機(jī)生意發(fā)了財(cái),在做可可的期貨交易時(shí)幾乎又賠了個(gè)精光。