及物动词思索，猜测，推测
不及物动词推测; 投机; 思索
及物动词
1. He was speculating that this might be his last chance.
他推测这可能是他的最后一次机会了。
不及物动词
1. She speculated about her friend's motives.
她猜测她朋友的动机。
2. It's dangerous to speculate.
做投机买卖是很危险的。
3. He speculated successfully in mining shares.
他做矿业股票投机获得成功。
1. 推测：他们好像促进了艺术的发展或者从出土的艺术品上可以推测(speculate)他们的情况,这里不太确定. 但关于他们的具体情况并没有文字记载. 2,关于化学元素周期表的发展: 门捷列夫和另一个M打头的人,先是发现相似性,
2. 猜测：批评者猜测(speculate),当地官员可能害怕,对问题的公开(publicity)可能会给奥运会蒙上灰影(tarnish). 所以等到上周,中央政府才对此展开有力的(vigorous)回应. 自此,当局宣布了在全国范围内召回相关产品,逮捕了一些涉案嫌疑人,
1. 七彩网.英语单词
1. 推测;猜测;猜想
If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen.
e.g. Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead...
对该项目持批评态度的人在推测如果改作他用不知可以建多少所医院。
e.g. It would be unfair to Debby's family to speculate on the reasons for her suicide...
猜测黛比自杀的原因对她的家人来说是不公平的。
1. 七彩网.英语单词
verb
1. reflect deeply on a subject
e.g. 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
Synonym: chew overthink overmeditateponderexcogitatecontemplatemusereflectmullmull overruminate
2. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
e.g. Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
Synonym: theorizetheoriseconjecturehypothesizehypothesisehypothecatesuppose
3. 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
e.g. We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal
4. invest at a risk
e.g. 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
Synonym: job