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

• He speculated that this might lead to a success.
  他推测这可能会导致成功。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many speculated that the founders would use their claim to shut down Skype and leave investors with nothing.
  很多人猜测这两位创始人会通过诉讼让Skype关门大吉，投资者将一无所有。
• He has speculated on why this is so.
  他曾经思考过为什么会这样。
• Other researchers have speculated that this more-organized musical structure may have greater resonance for the brain.
  其他研究者已经查明，这种更有组织的音乐结构可能对大脑有更强的共鸣作用。
• He speculated on the reform of the methods of inquiry.
  他提出改革研究方法的意见。
• Plato and Aristotle speculated on memory and thought.
  柏拉图和亚理士多德曾经推究了记忆和思想。
• The researchers speculated that people who carry only one defective copy might be less prone to hypertension.
  研究人员推测只携带一个缺陷基因的人可能更容易发生高血压。
• 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。