| 单词 | speculate |
| 释义 | speculate (once / 152 pages) v When you speculate, you use what you know to make a prediction about an outcome, like when you speculate that the injury of two key players will prevent your favorite team from going far in the playoffs this year. The verb speculate has a specialized meaning in the world of finance — it means to take a financial risk, in the hopes of monetary gain. For example, a business owner may speculate that a brand-new kind of frozen yogurt will be really popular, so she buys a huge order of it for her ice cream store. Someone who speculates goes looking for next big thing, as seen in the word's Latin origin, speculatus, meaning "to spy out, examine." WORD FAMILYspeculate: speculated, speculates, speculating, speculation, speculative, speculator+/speculation: speculations/speculative: speculatively, speculativeness/speculator: speculators USAGE EXAMPLES“I speculated that they might exist in the embryos of dinosaurs as well,” Erickson says. Science Magazine(Jan 02, 2017) Some speculate that it represents temporal-lobe epilepsy, others schizophrenia; auditory hallucinations are common in both conditions. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Still, Maneker says it’s too soon to speculate on the art market under Trump. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1v reflect deeply on a subject philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years Syn|Hypo|Hyper chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate, think over premeditate think or reflect beforehand or in advance theologise, theologizemake theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects introspectreflect on one's own thoughts and feelings bethinkconsider or ponder something carefully cogitateconsider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind question, wonderplace in doubt or express doubtful speculation puzzlebe uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide consider, studygive careful consideration to factor, factor in, factor outconsider as relevant when making a decision compare, equate, likenconsider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous scruplehave doubts about cerebrate, cogitate, think use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments 2v 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 We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal Hypo|Hyper guess, hazard, pretend, venture put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation say, supposeexpress a supposition anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promisemake a prediction about; tell in advance surmise, suspectimagine to be the case or true or probable reason think logically 3v believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds Syn|Hypo|Hyper conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, suppose, theorise, theorize construct, reconstruct, retrace reassemble mentally develop, explicate, formulateelaborate, as of theories and hypotheses etymologise, etymologizeconstruct the history of words maturedevelop and work out fully in one's mind redevelop, reformulateformulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis anticipate, expect regard something as probable or likely 4v invest at a risk 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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper job bull try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying commit, invest, place, put make an investment |
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