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speculation n.推测；投机；沉思 (1) 他们对飞机坠毁原因有多方推测。(2) 这种胡乱猜测甚嚣尘上，已经到了必须立即解决的程度了。(3) 他在做些无利可图的投机生意。(4) 她将所有的钱赔进了股票投机生意。(5) 大爆炸只是一种思索和推测并不是已证明的事实。 When people predict who will win a football game, an Oscar, or an election, it's speculation: people are looking at the facts and making their best guess. Just about anything you say about the future is speculation, because no one knows what will happen. The word is used in the stock market for such financial dealings as "buying on spec," a risky way to make money. Sometimes, this word means something close to meditation — pondering something deeply.

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英 [ˌspekju'leɪʃn] 美 [ˌspekju'leɪʃn] (1) They have much speculation over the cause of the air crash.(2) Speculation has reached such a pitch that a decision will have to be made immediately.(3) He makes some unprofitable speculations.(4) She lose all her money in stock exchange speculation.(5) The Big Bang is a kind of speculation or guess rather than a proven fact. When you guess about how something is going to come out (or how it happened), that's speculation. You're making an educated guess.

英语单词	speculation
英美音标	英 [ˌspekju'leɪʃn] 美 [ˌspekju'leɪʃn]
中文释义	n.推测；投机；沉思
英语例句	(1) They have much speculation over the cause of the air crash. (2) Speculation has reached such a pitch that a decision will have to be made immediately. (3) He makes some unprofitable speculations. (4) She lose all her money in stock exchange speculation. (5) The Big Bang is a kind of speculation or guess rather than a proven fact.
中文例句	(1) 他们对飞机坠毁原因有多方推测。 (2) 这种胡乱猜测甚嚣尘上，已经到了必须立即解决的程度了。 (3) 他在做些无利可图的投机生意。 (4) 她将所有的钱赔进了股票投机生意。 (5) 大爆炸只是一种思索和推测并不是已证明的事实。
vocabulary简明	When you guess about how something is going to come out (or how it happened), that's speculation. You're making an educated guess.
vocabulary扩展	When people predict who will win a football game, an Oscar, or an election, it's speculation: people are looking at the facts and making their best guess. Just about anything you say about the future is speculation, because no one knows what will happen. The word is used in the stock market for such financial dealings as "buying on spec," a risky way to make money. Sometimes, this word means something close to meditation — pondering something deeply.

Speculation Stock Guess Making People Word 英 ˌspekju'leɪʃn] 美