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英语单词 speculative
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
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[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.
  • The papers ran speculative stories about the mysterious disappearance of Eddie Donagan...

    各家报纸都刊登了有关埃迪·多纳根神秘失踪的猜测性报道。

  • He has written a speculative biography of Christopher Marlowe.

    他写了一篇关于克里斯托弗·马洛的推测性传记。

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[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.
  • His mother regarded him with a speculative eye.

    他的母亲用好奇的目光看着他。

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  • I caught her eyes on me speculatively. I imagined she was wondering about my relationship with Max.

    我注意到她用带着疑问的眼神看着我。我猜她在想我和马克斯是什么关系。

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[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.
  • Thousands of pensioners were persuaded to mortgage their homes to invest in speculative bonds...

    几千名领取养老金的人被劝说用自己的住房作抵押去投资投机性债券。

  • The King's Reach hotel was built as a speculative venture but never completed.

    金里奇酒店本来是作为一个投机性的风险项目建设的,但一直没有完工。

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