speculating

英 [ˈspekjuleɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈspekjuleɪtɪŋ]

v.  推测; 猜测; 推断; 投机; 做投机买卖
speculate的现在分词

现在分词：speculating　

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

• Pandit also told the audience he supported the so-called Volcker rule, which would restrict banks from speculating on stocks and bonds with their own capital.
  潘伟迪还告诉读者们，他支持所谓的沃尔克法则（Volckerrule），这项法则将限制银行以自有资金对股票和债券进行投机。
• He made his money speculating on the London gold and silver markets.
  他在伦敦黄金市场和白银市场上进行投机买卖。
• They are speculating on the imponderables of the future.
  他们猜测着未来难以预见的事情。
• 'We don't know the answer to that.' — 'Exactly — so shut up and stop speculating.'
  “我们不知道那个问题的答案。”——“就是——那就闭嘴，别瞎猜。”
• Speculating too heavily in options or futures because they're thought to be a way to get rich quick.
  在期权和期货上过度投机，因为它们被视为一种快速致富的途径。
• Government sources are now openly speculating about a possible successor for Dr Lawrence
  官方消息人士在公开推测谁有可能成为接任劳伦斯博士的人选。
• The press is speculating that he may resign before christmas.
  新闻界推测他可能会在圣诞节前辞职。
• And I've long since stopped thinking of speculating on the stock market but it's part of my life.
  我很久，没有投机股市了，但它是我生活的一部分。
• There could be many reasons and he was not going to waste time speculating on them
  原因可能有很多，他不打算浪费时间对此妄加猜测。
• So he spit in contempt on his father's speculating.
  因此他轻蔑的唾弃他父亲的投机行为。