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speculation about/over sth
用于表示对某事的推测，about和over可互换。
There has been widespread speculation about the company's future.
关于公司未来的猜测广泛流传。
推测；猜测
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
推测；猜测
a guess or opinion based on incomplete evidence
There has been widespread speculation about the company's future.
关于公司未来的猜测广泛流传。
指没有充分根据的猜测
对某一主题进行思考或沉思的过程或行为。
The process or act of thinking or meditating on a subject.
基于不完整证据表达观点的消息
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
从给定或假定的前提进行先验推理的行为或过程。
The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
通过推测形成的假设(通常缺乏确凿证据)
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
There is a lot of speculation about who will win the competition.
关于谁会赢得这场比赛，有很多猜测。
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Her speculation that the meeting would be canceled proved to be wrong.
她关于会议会被取消的推测被证明是错误的。
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After days of speculation, the company finally announced the new product.
经过多日的猜测，这家公司终于发布了新产品。
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speculations about the outcome of the election
关于选举结果的种种猜测
WordNet
用于表示对某事的推测，about和over可互换。
There has been widespread speculation about the company's future.
关于公司未来的猜测广泛流传。
后接that引导的同位语从句，说明猜测的具体内容。
Speculation that the CEO will resign is growing.
关于CEO将辞职的猜测日益增多。
强调猜测缺乏根据。
His theory is pure speculation without any evidence.
他的理论纯属猜测，毫无证据。
Not this
He is speculation about the news.
Use this
He is speculating about the news.
将名词 speculation 误用作动词。改正后使用动词 speculate，符合语法。
Not this
There is much speculation of the future.
Use this
There is much speculation about the future.
介词误用。speculation 后常接 about 或 on，表示“关于...的推测”，of 通常不用于此义。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
纯粹的猜测
That's just pure speculation; we have no evidence.
那只是纯粹的猜测；我们没有证据。
疯狂的猜测
The news led to wild speculation about a takeover.
这条新闻引发了对收购的疯狂猜测。
市场投机
Market speculation drove up the price of oil.
市场投机推高了石油价格。
关于……的猜测
There has been much speculation about the company's future.
关于该公司未来的猜测很多。
猜测……
Speculation that the CEO would resign proved false.
关于CEO会辞职的猜测被证明是假的。
激起猜测
The announcement fueled speculation of a merger.
这一公告激起了对合并的猜测。
毫无根据的猜测
The media engaged in wild speculation about the celebrity's health.
媒体对这位名人的健康状况进行了毫无根据的猜测。
纯粹的猜测
His comments were dismissed as pure speculation.
他的评论被认为纯粹是猜测。
猜测盛行
Speculation is rife that the company will merge with its rival.
关于该公司将与竞争对手合并的猜测盛行。
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推测与投机，都离不开'看'（spec）和'联想'（ulation）
推测义：中性偏正式，常用于新闻报道、学术讨论或日常交流中表述基于有限信息的观点。注意与金融投机义区分。
Words ending in '-tion' typically have the /ʃən/ sound, but the stressed vowel may differ. The words listed share the stressed vowel /eɪ/ as in 'speculation', making them true rhymes. Beware of lookalikes like 'action' (/ˈækʃən/), where the stressed vowel is /æ/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.