Speculate
[ 'spɛkjə'let ]
第5级
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vt. 思索，猜测，推测;
vi. 投机;推测;思索;
💡 词根助记
specul环顾+ate动词后缀→看准了→思考，投机
📝 例句
One can either hedge or speculate in the spot market for foreign exchange.
人们可以在即期外汇市场上进行套期保值或投机。
I can only speculate that he left willingly.
我看他一定是自愿走的.
I wouldn't like to speculate on the reasons for her resignation.
我不愿意猜测她辞职的原因.
speculate about time and space [on the origin of the universe]
思索有关时间与空间 [宇宙的起源] 的问题
speculate in shares [stocks]
作股票的投机买卖
🌱 联想助记
【记】s-似“美女”,peculate-挪用:美女在挪用公款前得好好思索一下以防被发现
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-spect-表示“看”
常见的变体有-spic-、-spit-
📖 牛津释义
speculate
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tf]
~ (about/on/upon sth) form opinions without having definite or complete knowledge or evidence; guess 思考; 思索; 推断; 推测
speculate about/upon the future 对未来的推想
I wouldn't like to speculate on the reasons for her resignation. 我不愿意猜测她辞职的原因.
I can only speculate that he left willingly. 我看他一定是自愿走的.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (in sth) buy and sell goods or stocks and shares in the hope of making a profit through changes in their value, but with the risk of losing money 投机; 做投机买卖
speculate in oil shares 做石油股票的投机买卖
speculating on the stock market 进行证券投机.
🎯 考研助记
spec(看)+u（有)late(晚):看很久- 思索 预测{试图用思维看透某事}
🔁 扩展释义
*['spekjuleit]vi. 深思, 推测, 投机【经】 投机
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I suggest that we ask users of this machine what they think about it. We can photograph them using it too. Then we can put their comments at the top of the advertisement in big print. We can bring in some humour too. People enjoy reading humorous ads.
我建议我们征询计算机用户的意见。我们也可以把他们使用计算机的情形拍成照片。然后我们把他们的意见用粗体字印在广告上面。我们还可以加入一些幽默故事。人们喜欢幽默的广告。
One of these men was found and he began to tell the story of this family group.
哈利在这些人中找到了一位，他开始谈起了这个家族的历史。
My aunt, Mrs flower, died three weeks ago.
我的伯母弗劳尔夫人3周前去世。