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speculation
[英] [ˌspekjəˈleɪʃən] [美] [ˌspɛkjəˈleʃən] 生词本

n.

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1. VERB 推测;猜测;猜想 If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen. 

  • 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。

  • 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。

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

    医生推测他死于头部受击引起的脑溢血。

speculation

  • The President has gone out of his way to dismiss speculation over the future of the economy minister...

    总统已竭力否认了对经济部长前途的猜测。

  • I had published my speculations about the future of the universe in the Review of Modern Physics.

    我已经在《现代物理评论》上发表了自己对宇宙未来的猜测。

2. VERB 投机;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. 

  • Big farmers are moving in, not in order to farm, but in order to speculate with rising land prices...

    大农场主正在不断涌进来，不是为了耕作，而是要利用不断上涨的地价进行投机。

  • 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。

Noun

1. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

2. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence);

  • "speculations about the outcome of the election"
  • "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"

3. an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits;

  • "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"

4. continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature;

  • "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"

法律

  • 1.投机倒把
  • 2.投击买卖

金融

  • 1.投机活动
  • 2.投机事业
  • 3.投机倒把
1. A lucky speculation in the stock market put him on easy street for the rest of his life.
股票市场上一次幸运的投机使他余生过着舒适的生活。

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2. Every induction is a speculation.
所有归纳推理都是一种猜测。

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3. He made his money in property speculation.
他靠房地产投机发了财。

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4. He ventured his fortune in a speculation.
他拿他的大宗财产做投机生意。

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5. He ventured on a rash speculation.
他进行鲁莽的投机。

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6. He was dropped from the team amid speculation that he was seriously ill.
在一片以为他得了重病的猜测中，他被队里除名了。

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7. He was ruined by speculation.
他因做投机生意而破产。

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8. Speculation was rife as to whom the prince might marry.
大家都在推测王子会娶谁。

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