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speculate美 ['spekjə.leɪt] 英 ['spekjʊleɪt] 过去分词：speculated 现在分词：speculating 第三人称单数：speculates v. wonder,conjecture,guess,hypothesize,reason 1. | [i][t] 推测；猜测；推断to form an opinion about sth without knowing all the details or facts |
| We all speculated about the reasons for her resignation. 我们大家都推测过她辞职的原因。 | | It is useless to speculate why he did it. 对他为什么这么做妄加猜测毫无用处。 | | We can speculate that the stone circles were used in some sort of pagan ceremony. 我们可以推测，这些石头排成的圆圈是用于某种异教崇拜仪式的。 |
2. | [i] ~ (in/on sth) 投机；做投机买卖to buy goods, property, shares, etc., hoping to make a profit when you sell them, but with the risk of losing money |
| He likes to speculate on the stock market. 他喜欢炒股。 |
v. | 5. 思索,思考,暗自思忖,冥思苦想,动脑筋,胡思乱想 5. 思索,思考,暗自思忖,冥思苦想,动脑筋,胡思乱想 |
v. | 1. to form a conjecture on the basis of incomplete facts or information 2. to think over possibilities 3. to engage in financial transactions such as commodity trading that have an element of risk, especially in the short term, with the hope of making a profit 4. to take risks in an attempt to achieve something or get some benefit 5. in rugby, to kick the ball out of defence hurriedly in order to thwart an attack 6. to consider or discuss why something has happened or what might happen 7. to take the risk of investing your money in a company in the hope that you can make a big profit later by selling the shares that you buy 1. to form a conjecture on the basis of incomplete facts or information 2. to think over possibilities 3. to engage in financial transactions such as commodity trading that have an element of risk, especially in the short term, with the hope of making a profit 4. to take risks in an attempt to achieve something or get some benefit 5. in rugby, to kick the ball out of defence hurriedly in order to thwart an attack 6. to consider or discuss why something has happened or what might happen 7. to take the risk of investing your money in a company in the hope that you can make a big profit later by selling the shares that you buy |
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