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 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。
• Some experts have speculated that sleep may be an evolutionary mechanism to conserve energy.
  一些科学家猜测，睡眠可能是保存能量的一种转化机制。
• Many speculated that the US would put the peace process on the back burner
  很多人推测美国将会暂时搁置和平进程。
• It is also speculated that neither Healthy Choice Foods nor the airlines were seriously disadvantaged by the outcome.
  这也是推测，既不健康食品的选择，航空公司也受到严重的不利结果。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Scientists have speculated about the possibility of parallel universes.
  科学家们推测了并列星系的可能性。
• 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。
• People have speculated about human cognition for 2000 years.
  人们对人类的认知力已思索了2000年。