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

• People have speculated about human cognition for 2000 years.
  人们对人类的认知力已思索了2000年。
• Scientists have speculated about the possibility of parallel universes.
  科学家们推测了并列星系的可能性。
• The philosopher speculated about time and space.
  这位哲学家在思索时间和空间问题。
• The team speculated that fuel was vented from four tanks shortly after takeoff.
  据“飞之队”推测，飞机起飞后不久，四个油箱就发生了燃料泄露。
• But he had learned his lesson. Never since then had he speculated.
  可是他已经得到教训了，从那次以后他再也不敢做投机生意。
• He speculated that although matter by itself could not give rise to thought.
  洛克认为，虽然物质本身不会产生思想。
• 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。
• 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。
• He speculated on the reform of the methods of inquiry.
  他提出改革研究方法的意见。
• He has speculated on why this is so.
  他曾经思考过为什么会这样。