speculate的意思

speculate

英式音标['spɛkjə'let]
美式英标['spekjʊleɪt]

基本解释

vi. 推测；投机；思索

vt. 推断

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.

实用例句

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。

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。

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

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。

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

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