| 单词 | speculate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['spekju`leit] |
| 解释 | v.沉思，思索；投机 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.沉思，思索(to mediate on or ponder)；投机(to buy or sell in expectation of profiting from market fluctuations) 【考】 反义词：conjecture( 推测,思考)-restrain from the speculation(不思考) 【记】 spec(看)＋ulate(做 得多)→看得多→引起 沉思 【同】 派生词: speculation （n.思索，推测；投 机） |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | 无 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】spect 看 + calculate 算计→仔细看，并且心里算计→沉思，怎么买卖股票投机 |
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