新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

speculate

英  [ˈspekjʊleɪt]
    

[VERB]

    VERB. 动词
  • speculates , speculating , speculated

    1[I 不及物动词] 猜测

    If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen.

    双语例句

    例:

    Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead.

    对该项目持批评态度的人则猜想这相当于可以建多少家医院。

    例:

    The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head.

    医生们猜测他死于头部撞击引起的脑溢血。

    例:

    The researchers speculate that this weather spreads the disease.

    研究人员推测,这种天气会传播疾病。

    2[I 不及物动词] 做投机买卖

    If someone speculates financially, they buy property, stocks, or shares, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit.

    双语例句

    例:

    The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped.

    各银行贷出去太多高风险贷款,目前无法收回;他们还进行地产投机,而地产的价值目前已经下跌了。

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