speculate是什么意思 speculate在线中文翻译

speculate 英 [ˈspekjuleɪt] 美 [ˈspɛkjəˌlet]

speculate 词典解释

1. He was speculating that this might be his last chance.
   他推测这可能是他的最后一次机会了。

1. She speculated about her friend's motives.
   她猜测她朋友的动机。
2. It's dangerous to speculate.
   做投机买卖是很危险的。
3. He speculated successfully in mining shares.
   他做矿业股票投机获得成功。

1. 推测
   ...他们好像促进了艺术的发展或者从出土的艺术品上可以推测(speculate)他们的情况,这里不太确定. 但关于他们的具体情况并没有文字记载. 2,关于化学元素周期表的发展: 门捷列夫和另一个M打头的人,先是发现相似性,...
2. 猜测
   ...批评者猜测(speculate),当地官员可能害怕,对问题的公开(publicity)可能会给奥运会蒙上灰影(tarnish). 所以等到上周,中央政府才对此展开有力的(vigorous)回应. 自此,当局宣布了在全国范围内召回相关产品,逮捕了一些涉案嫌疑人,...

1. reflect deeply on a subject
   e.g. I mulled over the events of the afternoon
   e.g. philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
   e.g. The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
   Synonym: chew over think over meditate ponder excogitate contemplate muse reflect mull mull over ruminate
2. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
   e.g. Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps
   Synonym: theorize theorise conjecture hypothesize hypothesise hypothecate suppose
3. talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
   e.g. We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal
4. invest at a risk
   e.g. I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating
   Synonym: job

speculate [ˈspekjuleɪt]

相关单词辨析

这组词都有“思考、判断、思索”的意思，其区别是：
think: 一般用词，指开动脑筋形成看法或得出结论的脑力活动。不着重结论是否正确，见解是否有用。
reason: 指根据资料、证据或事实进行推断，作出结论或判断的逻辑思维活动。
muse: 通常指漫无目的地猜想。
speculate: 指推论过程，隐含在证据不足的基础上作出推测或设想。
meditate: 语气较强，指认真地长时间集中精力进行思考。
deliberate: 指缓慢、按部就班地作仔细而认真的思考或判断。
reflect: 指回想或回顾，侧重认真而冷静地反复地思考某个问题，尤指对已发生事情的思索。