| 释义 |
speculatorspec‧u‧la‧tor /ˈspekjəleɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable]   - Experts said it was the first test for the new, small speculators who have invested heavily in dot.com enterprises.
- Governments have successfully reined in speculators before.
- Property prices continued to rise substantially faster than inflation, and there was evidence of increasing public resentment towards speculators.
- The cost would be passed on to speculators, discouraging one-way bets.
- The levy was introduced in 1992 as a way to curb rising prices driven by real estate speculators.
- The mark-up should be fair and reasonable, the speculator being reimbursed for both time and enterprise.
- The move comes at the request of 16 land owners / speculators.
- The Salt River Project in Arizona was notable for having been all but taken over by speculators.
NOUN► currency· Devalued by 5 percent yesterday before currency speculators attacked it. ► land· But they will be frustrated if land speculators continue to hoard land with planning permission.· The local recipient of the most fixes, year after year, is legendary land speculator Don Diamond.· Mr. Truscott is faced by the demands of agribusiness and land speculators.· And everybody should wonder why land speculators consider Oro Valley a much softer touch when they need a rezoning.· It was lobbied by folks on the payroll of legendary land speculator Don Diamond.· Sweet runs Oro Valley, not the council, and the land speculators and developers know it -- and obviously like it. ► property· Continuing monetary tightness is squeezing property speculators.· There are suggestions in the judgment that the decision would have been otherwise had the buyer been a property speculator. someone who buys goods, property, shares in a company etc, hoping that they will make a large profit when they sell them:  a New York property speculator |