speculate

英 ['spekjʊleɪt] 美 ['spɛkjə'let]
  • vi. 推测;投机;思索
  • vt. 推断

助记提示


1. spec (special -- 特别的、特殊的) => 做投机生意需要特别的推测、思索。

中文词源


speculate 推测,猜测,投机,炒股

来自拉丁语 speculari,看,观察,来自 specere,看,观察,词源同 spectate,aspect.引申诸相关 词义。

英文词源


speculate (v.)
1590s, "view mentally, contemplate" (transitive), back-formation from speculation. Also formerly "view as from a watchtower" (1610s). Intransitive sense of "pursue truth by conjecture or thinking" is from 1670s. Meaning "to invest money upon risk for the sake of profit" is from 1785. Related: Speculated; speculating.

双语例句


1. It is premature to speculate about the resumption of negotiations.
现在猜测谈判是否会重新开始还为时过早。

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2. People speculate about virtuality systems, but we're already working on it.
人们才开始构思虚拟系统的时候,我们已经进行开发了。

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3. It's always hard to speculate about the future.
未来一向很难预测。

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4. Well, at present we won't speculate on hypotheticals.
嗯,目前我们不想去推测那些假想的东西。

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5. We should speculate about the purpose of life.
我们应该想想人生的目的.

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