speculate

/ˈspekjuleɪt/ verb
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

推测；猜测；投机（买卖）

释义与例句

verb 推测；猜测
to form an opinion about something without having all the facts; to guess
  1. Scientists speculate that life may exist on other planets.
    科学家推测其他行星上可能存在生命。
  2. We can only speculate about what happened to the missing plane.
    我们只能猜测失踪的飞机发生了什么。
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  1. Journalists speculated that the minister would resign.
    记者推测部长会辞职。
verb 投机（买卖）
to buy goods, property, etc. hoping to make a large profit when you sell them
  1. He speculated in real estate and lost a fortune.
    他做房地产投机，赔了一大笔钱。
  2. Many investors speculated on the stock market during the boom.
    繁荣时期许多投资者在股市上投机。
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  1. They speculated in gold hoping prices would rise.
    他们投机黄金，希望价格上涨。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 spe（看）+ culate → 观察后思考 → 推测。

词族与关联词

词族（同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式）
  • speculation 推测；投机
    speculate 的名词形式
同义词
  • guess 猜测
    guess 是日常用语，泛指猜测；speculate 更正式，常指基于部分证据的推测。
    I can only guess what she meant by that. 我只能猜她那样说是什么意思。
反义词
  • know 知道；确知
    know 表示有事实根据的认知，与 speculate 的无把握推测相对。
    I know for certain that he is telling the truth. 我确切地知道他说的是实话。
常见搭配
  • speculate about 推测
    People speculated about the cause of the accident. 人们推测事故的原因。
  • speculate in 投机于
    He speculated in stocks during the 1990s. 他在 20 世纪 90 年代投机股票。