解释
- vi. 推测；投机；思索
- vt. 推断
※ 提供单词"speculate"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
speculate 推测，猜测，投机，炒股
来自拉丁语 speculari,看，观察，来自 specere,看，观察，词源同 spectate,aspect.引申诸相关 词义。
英文词源
- 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.
例句和用法
- 1. It is premature to speculate about the resumption of negotiations.
- 现在猜测谈判是否会重新开始还为时过早。
- 2. People speculate about virtuality systems, but we're already working on it.
- 人们才开始构思虚拟系统的时候，我们已经进行开发了。
- 3. It's always hard to speculate about the future.
- 未来一向很难预测。
- 4. Well, at present we won't speculate on hypotheticals.
- 嗯，目前我们不想去推测那些假想的东西。
- 5. We should speculate about the purpose of life.
- 我们应该想想人生的目的.
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