speculate

[ˈspekjuleɪt] [ˈspekjuleɪt]
  • 第三人称单数:speculates;
  • 过去式:speculated;
  • 过去分词:speculated;
  • 现在分词:speculating;
  • 例句
    同义词
    同义词解析
    • 以下这些动词均有"思考,判断,思索" 的意思
      think一般用词,指开动脑筋形成看法或得出结论的脑力活动。不着重结论是否正确,见解是否有用。
      deliberate指缓慢、按部就班地作仔细而认真的思考或判断。
      meditate语气较强,指认真地长时间集中精力进行思考。
      muse通常指漫无目的地猜想。
      reason指根据资料、证据或事实进行推断,作出结论或判断的逻辑思维活动。
      reflect指回想或回顾,侧重认真而冷静地反复地思考某个问题,尤指对已发生事情的思索。
      speculate指推论过程,隐含在证据不足的基础上作出推测或设想。
    英语四级真题
    • The researchers speculate that craft activities promote the development of nerve pathways in the brain that help to maintain cognitive health.
      2017年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B
    • This, in turn, has a major effect on their diet, leading scientists to speculate that the ability to learn population-specific hunting methods could be driving the animals' genetic development.
      2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A
    英语六级真题
    • In an interview with the Paris Review Hughes speculated that when a person puts pen to paper, "you meet the terrible resistance of what happened your first year at it, when you couldn't write at all".
      出自-2013年12月阅读原文
    • She speculated that professors might try even harder to make classes interesting if they were to compete with the devices.
      出自-2013年6月阅读原文
    • Naomi Pugh at Freed-Hardeman University speculated that professors would have to work harder to enliven their classes
      出自-2013年6月阅读原文
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    英汉词典释义
    英英词典释义
    • Verb
      1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
      "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
      2. talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion;
      "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"
      3. reflect deeply on a subject;
      "I mulled over the events of the afternoon""philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years""The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
      4. invest at a risk;
      "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"
    行业词典
    • 法律: 投机倒把;