Word · CEFR C1 · Frequency #3649
speculation
推测;猜测
核心释义
指没有充分根据的猜测
a guess or opinion based on incomplete evidence
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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.
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基于不完整证据表达观点的消息
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
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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.
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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)
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头脑通过推测得出的结论;纯理论;想法;猜测。
A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
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高风险但可能带来高收益的投资
an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
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为获得高于正常的回报而涉及高于正常风险的投资。
An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
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购买土地、商品、股票等以期高价卖出,或卖出以期低价回购的行为或实践;一种基于预期价格波动的交易,区别于预期利润为零售价与批发价之差或不同市场价格之差的交易。
The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
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一种纸牌游戏,玩家互相购买王牌或整手牌,凭运气拿到最大的王牌,持牌者赢得彩池。
A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
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预测将选择哪个代码分支并提前执行的过程。
The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
思考;沉思;投机;投机买卖;推理;理论推断;推测;推测执行;投机牌戏
用法In use
There is a lot of speculation about who will win the competition.
用法提示:此处 speculation 为不可数名词,表示‘猜测、推测’。
Her speculation that the meeting would be canceled proved to be wrong.
用法提示:此处 speculation 为可数名词单数,后接 that 从句,表示具体的推测。
After days of speculation, the company finally announced the new product.
用法提示:此处 speculation 为不可数名词,在介词短语中表示‘猜测’。
speculations about the outcome of the election
he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it
speculation about/over sth
用于表示对某事的推测,about和over可互换。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- pure speculation
- 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。
- wild speculation
- 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。
- market speculation
- 市场投机
- Market speculation drove up the price of oil.市场投机推高了石油价格。
- speculation about
- 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。
- speculation that
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
推测与投机,都离不开'看'(spec)和'联想'(ulation)
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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/.
一起学习词形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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.