| 英语单词 | speculative |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['spekjələtɪv] 美 ['spekjələtɪv] |
| 中文释义 | adj.推测的;推理的;思索的;投机的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The report is highly speculative and should be ignored. (2) The inaccessibility of this remote region, now called Amazonia, meant that long-held theories about the early days of the river and surrounding forest were speculative at best. (3) The other case which is excluded is the case of speculative demand. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 那个报道推测的成分很大,不应理会。 (2) 而现在称为亚马逊流域的这个偏远地区难以进入,也意味著长期以来关于早期河流与周围森林的理论,顶多是靠推测的。 (3) 另一个未谈的情况是投机的需要。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Speculative describes very risky and unproven ideas or chances. You might have great ideas about starting your own business but your plans are speculative until you earn money from them. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Speculative describes abstract ideas — usually with high risk — that often come with excitement and expectation too. A speculative investment could mean putting lots of cash into a business or real estate property hoping it will make money later. Anything speculative is based on prediction: whatever it is hasn't happened yet. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](信息)推测性的,猜测性的 A piece of information that is speculative is based on guesses rather than knowledge.
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](表情)带着疑问的,好奇的 Someone who has a speculative expression seems to be trying to guess something about a person or thing.
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3 [ADJ 形容词]投机性的 Speculative is used to describe activities which involve buying goods or shares, or buildings and properties, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit.
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