speculate

B2 CET-4 Oxf 5000 大学 FREQ #15553 ★★★☆☆

vi. 深思, 推测, 投机 [经] 投机

发音

UK /ˈspɛk.jʊˌleɪt/
CA /ˈspɛk.jəˌleɪt/
US /ˈspɛk.jəˌleɪt/
AU /ˈspek.jəˌlæɪt/

词形变化

speculated speculates 三单 speculates speculatest speculateth speculating speculating 现在分词 speculated 过去式 speculated 过去分词

别名

speckilate

教材释义与例句

动词

推测；投机；思索

动词

推断

释义与例句

v. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.

    沉思

    不及物 废旧
  2. 2.

    To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.

    猜测

    推测

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or gamble.

    投机

    投机倒把

    不及物 商务 金融
  4. 4.

    To anticipate which branch of code will be chosen and execute it in advance.

    不及物 计算机 工程 数学

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

job suppose reflect muse meditate contemplate ponder conjecture mull hypothesize

上位词 10

think put place reason expect commit invest anticipate cerebrate cogitate

下位词 10

say guess question wonder suppose study consider pretend bull develop

词源

Borrowed from Latin speculātus, perfect active participle of speculor (“to watch, observe, examine, spy”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from specula (“a watchtower”), ultimately from speciō (“to look at”).

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