speculated

英 [ˈspekjuleɪtɪd]

美 [ˈspekjuleɪtɪd]

v.  推测; 猜测; 推断; 投机; 做投机买卖
speculate的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 推测;猜测;猜想
  If youspeculateabout something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen.
  1. Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead...
     对该项目持批评态度的人在推测如果改作他用不知可以建多少所医院。
  2. It would be unfair to Debby's family to speculate on the reasons for her suicide...
     猜测黛比自杀的原因对她的家人来说是不公平的。
  3. The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head...
     医生推测他死于头部受击引起的脑溢血。
  4. The reader can speculate what will happen next.
     读者可以推测下一步会发生什么事。
• VERB 投机;做投机买卖
  If someonespeculatesfinancially, they buy property, stocks, or shares, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit.
  1. Big farmers are moving in, not in order to farm, but in order to speculate with rising land prices...
     大农场主正在不断涌进来，不是为了耕作，而是要利用不断上涨的地价进行投机。
  2. The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped.
     各银行贷出去太多高风险贷款，目前无法收回，他们还进行地产投机，而地产的价值目前已经下跌了。

双语例句

• Bible scholars have speculated as to what this thorn might have been, but no one knows for sure.
  圣经学者们推测这根刺有可能是什么，但没有人确切地知道。
• Researchers have speculated that a fully functioning brain can generate as much as 10 watts of electrical power.
  研究者们推测一个充分运作的大脑能产生10瓦电能。
• The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped.
  各银行贷出去太多高风险贷款，目前无法收回，他们还进行地产投机，而地产的价值目前已经下跌了。
• Members of the government had speculated in Marconi shares.
  政府成员曾在马可尼公司股票上进行投机。
• Some researchers have speculated that high-heeled shoes may be to blame.
  有研究者推测高跟鞋可能是罪魁祸首。
• Many speculated that the US would put the peace process on the back burner
  很多人推测美国将会暂时搁置和平进程。
• Price and her colleagues don't know what caused the changes in both the brain and the scores they documented, but speculated they could be a result of learning experiences.
  普赖斯和她的同事不知道是什么同时导致大脑和他们记录的智商分数发生了变化，但猜测这可能是学习经验的结果。
• He speculated on the reform of the methods of inquiry.
  他提出改革研究方法的意见。
• Media reports have speculated on the huge fortune he amassed from selling stock advice.
  媒体报道对他通过出售股票建议敛聚的巨额财富多有猜测。
• The philosopher speculated about time and space.
  这位哲学家在思索时间和空间问题。