| 正面 | 4856.speculate 英 ['spekjʊleɪt]美 ['spɛkjə'let]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. spec (special -- 特别的、特殊的) => 做投机生意需要特别的推测、思索。vi. 推测；投机；思索vt. 推断 例句： 1. It is premature to speculate about the resumption of negotiations.现在猜测谈判是否会重新开始还为时过早。 speculate 推测，猜测，投机，炒股来自拉丁语 speculari,看，观察，来自 specere,看，观察，词源同 spectate,aspect.引申诸相关 词义。 speculate (v.)1590s, "view mentally, contemplate" (transitive), back-formation from speculation. Also formerly "view as from a watchtower" (1610s). Intransitive sense of "pursue truth by conjecture or thinking" is from 1670s. Meaning "to invest money upon risk for the sake of profit" is from 1785. Related: Speculated; speculating." |