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speculate vi.推测,思索,做投机买卖 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." ★★★☆☆ 2013.0

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['spekjuleit] 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. But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big picture was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were working with. 1[VERB 动词]推测；猜测；猜想 If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen.   [V prep]  [V that]  [V wh]  [Also V]Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead...对该项目持批评态度的人在推测如果改作他用不知可以建多少所医院。It would be unfair to Debby's family to speculate on the reasons for her suicide...猜测黛比自杀的原因对她的家人来说是不公平的。The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head...医生推测他死于头部受击引起的脑溢血。The reader can speculate what will happen next.读者可以推测下一步会发生什么事。speculationThe President has gone out of his way to dismiss speculation over the future of the economy minister...总统已竭力否认了对经济部长前途的猜测。I had published my speculations about the future of the universe in the Review of Modern Physics.我已经在《现代物理评论》上发表了自己对宇宙未来的猜测。2[VERB 动词]投机；做投机买卖 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.   [V prep/adv]  [Also V]Big farmers are moving in, not in order to farm, but in order to speculate with rising land prices...大农场主正在不断涌进来，不是为了耕作，而是要利用不断上涨的地价进行投机。The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped.各银行贷出去太多高风险贷款，目前无法收回，他们还进行地产投机，而地产的价值目前已经下跌了。

英语单词	speculate
英美音标	['spekjuleit]
中文释义	vi.推测,思索,做投机买卖
vocab简明	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.
vocab扩展	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."
真题原句	But Dr. Uri Simonsohn speculated that an inability to consider the big picture was leading decision-makers to be biased by the daily samples of information they were working with.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]推测；猜测；猜想 If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen. [V prep] [V that] [V wh] [Also V] Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead... 对该项目持批评态度的人在推测如果改作他用不知可以建多少所医院。 It would be unfair to Debby's family to speculate on the reasons for her suicide... 猜测黛比自杀的原因对她的家人来说是不公平的。 The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head... 医生推测他死于头部受击引起的脑溢血。 The reader can speculate what will happen next. 读者可以推测下一步会发生什么事。 speculation The President has gone out of his way to dismiss speculation over the future of the economy minister... 总统已竭力否认了对经济部长前途的猜测。 I had published my speculations about the future of the universe in the Review of Modern Physics. 我已经在《现代物理评论》上发表了自己对宇宙未来的猜测。 2 [VERB 动词]投机；做投机买卖 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. [V prep/adv] [Also V] Big farmers are moving in, not in order to farm, but in order to speculate with rising land prices... 大农场主正在不断涌进来，不是为了耕作，而是要利用不断上涨的地价进行投机。 The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped. 各银行贷出去太多高风险贷款，目前无法收回，他们还进行地产投机，而地产的价值目前已经下跌了。
来源	2013.0

Speculate [V Make Order Big Meaning Verb 动词