英语词汇“speculate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

spec·u·late

(spĕkyə-lāt′)

v. spec·u·lat·ed, spec·u·lat·ing, spec·u·lates

v.intr.

1. To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or theorize.

2. To engage in the buying or selling of a commodity with an element of risk on the chance of profit.

v.tr.

To assume to be true without conclusive evidence: speculated that high cholesterol was a contributing factor to the patient's health problems.

[Latin speculārī, speculāt-, to observe, from specula, watchtower, from specere, to look at; see spek- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	speculate
释义	spec·u·late (spĕkyə-lāt′) v. spec·u·lat·ed, spec·u·lat·ing, spec·u·lates v.intr. 1. To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence; conjecture or theorize. 2. To engage in the buying or selling of a commodity with an element of risk on the chance of profit. v.tr. To assume to be true without conclusive evidence: speculated that high cholesterol was a contributing factor to the patient's health problems. [Latin speculārī, speculāt-, to observe, from specula, watchtower, from specere, to look at; see spek- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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