speculate

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T/V-I If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen. 猜測
Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead. 該項目的批評者們則猜想這相當(dāng)于可以建多少家醫(yī)院。
The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head. 醫(yī)生們猜測他死于頭部撞擊引起的腦溢血。
2. speculationN-VAR 猜測
The president has gone out of his way to dismiss speculation over the future of the economy. 總統(tǒng)努力消除對未來經(jīng)濟(jì)的悲觀估測。
3. V-I If someone speculates financially, they buy property, stocks, or shares, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit. 做投機(jī)買賣
The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped. 銀行貸出了太多現(xiàn)在無法償還的風(fēng)險貸款，而且他們在房地產(chǎn)業(yè)做了投機(jī)買賣，其價值目前也已經(jīng)下跌。