听声词典

speculate

S 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈspek.jə.leɪt]
  • 美式音标 [ˈspek.jə.leɪt]
  • 国际音标 ['spekjuleit]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vt.思索，猜測，推測
  • vi.投機

词根记忆

  • spec(看) + ulate→仔細地看→推測；深思，沉思
  • spec(看) + ulate(做)→看得多想得也多→思索
  • spec(看) + ulate(做得多)→看得多→引起思索
  • specul(看) + ate→用心看→推測

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    speculative：投機的；推測的；思索性的。
  • n性質的同根詞
    speculation：投機；推測；思索；投機買賣。
    speculator：投機者；思索者。
    speculativeness：思辯。

用法辨析

    v. (動詞)

  • speculate的基本意思是“思索”“猜測”,指考慮或談論某事而前提不確定或不完整,衹是憑空猜想或僅憑推理,因此其結論往往具有假設性或理論性,本詞強調推理過程。
  • speculate可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,常接that從句。

英汉例句

    用作動詞 (v.)

    用作不及物動詞: S+～(+A)

  • We don't know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless to speculate.
    我們不了解所有的情況,妄加推測是沒有意義的。

    • 用作及物動詞: S+～+that-clause

  • He speculated that he would succeed.
    他推測他將成功。

词组短语

    用作動詞 (v.)

    ～+副詞

  • speculate casually 碰巧地猜測
  • speculate rashly 輕率地推測
  • speculate shrewdly 精明地猜測
  • speculate theoretically 理論地猜測

    • ～+介詞

  • speculate about 猜測;關於…思索;思考;推測
  • speculate as to 爲…思索

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (GUESS) to guess possible answers to a question when you do not have enough information to be certain
  • (TRADE) to buy and sell in the hope that the value of what you buy will increase and that it can then be sold at a higher price in order to make a profit

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen.
  • speculation
  • If someone speculates financially, they buy property, stocks, or shares, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit.

专业释义

    經濟學

  • 投機

    So during the firms hedge in futures markets, they also speculate on the hedging position.
    所以，通常企業在套保的過程中，也採用投機手法對已建立的保值頭寸進行霛活処理。

    地球科學

  • 推測