Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #2218
guess
猜；猜测
to form an opinion or make a judgment without having complete information; to speculate
- 1.
To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
得出结论但未完全(或完全)证实；进行推测；猜测。
- 2.
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
通过正确的猜测解决；猜中。
- 3.
To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
猜想,想象(引出不确定的可能性)。
想；认为；估计；猜中；猜对；得出结论但未完全(或完全)证实；进行推测；猜测。；通过正确的猜测解决；猜中。；猜想,想象(引出不确定的可能性)。
In use
I guess she is about thirty years old.
He guessed the answer correctly on his first try.
Stop guessing and just tell me the truth.
guess + noun phrase
She guessed the answer correctly.
她正确猜出了答案。
guess + that-clause
I guess that he will be late.
我猜他会迟到。
guess + wh-clause
Can you guess who called me?
你能猜出谁给我打了电话吗？
Connections
Collocations
- guess right
- 猜对；猜中
- If you guess right, you'll win a prize.如果你猜对，就能赢得奖品。
- guess what
- 你猜怎么着
- Guess what! I found your keys.你猜怎么着！我找到你的钥匙了。
- I guess
- 我想；我猜
- I guess she's not coming.我想她不会来了。
- guess at
- 猜测；估量
- I can only guess at his true intentions.我只能猜测他的真实意图。
- guess from
- 从……推测；根据……猜出
- I guessed from the sound that it was a train.我从声音猜出那是火车。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 guest（客人）去掉 t：客人还没露面，只能猜（guess）是谁来了。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话、课堂或游戏场景、一般书面语 guess 作动词时，口语中很常用，尤其在“I guess…”表示“想、估计”或“大概”时显得比较随便；而表示“猜测、猜中”时（如 guess the answer）也常见于一般书面语和课堂等场景。正式学术写作中较少用它表达“推测”，通常可用 estimate 或 speculate。具体语气需根据搭配和语境判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵的词：guess、less、mess、dress、stress、yes 都含 /ɛs/。注意 guest 拼写相似（gues-），但读 /ɡɛst/，不押韵；guide、guitar 等 gu- 词发音也不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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