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speculator n.投机者；投机商人；思索家 (1) 赌注不小，而哈克尼斯又是一个大胆的投机家。(2) 他是个向顾客索取高价的投机商人。 In a way, everyone who invests in the financial market is a bit of a speculator — the possibility of losing money is always there, as is a chance (and hope) of making money. Gamblers are speculators too, hoping to win big but vulnerable to losing everything on a poker game. Less commonly, a speculator is simply someone who speculates, or guesses without enough information. The financial meaning dates from the 18th century.

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英 ['spekjuleɪtə(r)] 美 ['spekjuleɪtər] (1) The stake was large, and Harkness was a daring speculator.(2) He is a speculator who hold up customers. A speculator is someone who takes a chance on losing a lot of money when there's a prospect of making even more money. A speculator might, for example, invest in a risky stock in the hopes she can sell it eventually at a profit. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]投机者；投机商 A speculator is a person who speculates financially.

英语单词	speculator
英美音标	英 ['spekjuleɪtə(r)] 美 ['spekjuleɪtər]
中文释义	n.投机者；投机商人；思索家
英语例句	(1) The stake was large, and Harkness was a daring speculator. (2) He is a speculator who hold up customers.
中文例句	(1) 赌注不小，而哈克尼斯又是一个大胆的投机家。 (2) 他是个向顾客索取高价的投机商人。
vocabulary简明	A speculator is someone who takes a chance on losing a lot of money when there's a prospect of making even more money. A speculator might, for example, invest in a risky stock in the hopes she can sell it eventually at a profit.
vocabulary扩展	In a way, everyone who invests in the financial market is a bit of a speculator — the possibility of losing money is always there, as is a chance (and hope) of making money. Gamblers are speculators too, hoping to win big but vulnerable to losing everything on a poker game. Less commonly, a speculator is simply someone who speculates, or guesses without enough information. The financial meaning dates from the 18th century.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]投机者；投机商 A speculator is a person who speculates financially.

Speculator Losing Chance Money Making Financial 英 Spekjuleɪtə(R)] 美