vt.推測

vi.投機；深思

The doctors speculate that he died of cancer. 醫(yī)生推測他死于癌癥。

Can you speculate how such damage might arise? 你能否想出這種傷害是怎樣引起的?

He likes to speculate on the stock market. 他喜歡炒股。

It's dangerous to speculate. 做投機買賣是很危險的。

He did not speculate on who would get the prize. 他沒有去猜測誰將得獎。

He began to speculate about the future. 他開始思索未來。

She often speculated as to what sort of man she would marry. 她常常在想將來自己會跟什麼樣的人結(jié)婚。

speculate的基本意思是“思索”“猜測”,指考慮或談?wù)撃呈露疤岵淮_定或不完整,只是憑空猜想或僅憑推理,因此其結(jié)論往往具有假設(shè)性或理論性,本詞強調(diào)推理過程。

speculate可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,常接that從句。