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speculate ☞speculatev. [′spekjuleɪt] (speculates; speculated; speculating)
双解释义 1. vt. & vi.思索；猜测，推测 think about or take about a matter without having the necessary fact; make guesses2. vi.投机 gamble; venture基本要点 1. speculate的基本意思是“思索”“猜测”，指考虑或谈论某事而前提不确定或不完整，只是凭空猜想或仅凭推理，因此其结论往往具有假设性或理论性，本词强调推理过程。2. speculate可用作及物动词，也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时，常接that从句。词汇搭配 ～+副词 ～ casually 碰巧地猜测 ～ rashly 轻率地推测 ～ shrewdly 精明地猜测 ～ theoretically 理论地猜测～+介词 ～ about 关于…思索 ～ as to 为…思索 ～ for〔in〕 投机 ～ on 关于…推测句型例句 用作不及物动词 ▲ S+～(+A) We don't know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless to speculate. 我们不了解所有的情况，妄加推测是没有意义的。用作及物动词 ▲ S+～+that-clause He speculated that he would succeed. 他推测他将成功。 The police are speculating that this incident may be linked to a similar attack two weeks ago. 警方推测这次事件可能同两周前的类似的袭击有联系。常用短语 ♣ speculate about (v.+prep.) 思考关于… think about sth▲ 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.) 投机 buy or deal in goods▲ 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。
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