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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He speculated that this might lead to a success.
  他推测这可能会导致成功。
• He has speculated on why this is so.
  他曾经思考过为什么会这样。
• This is most probably because the increase in neural activity weakens the fly's life-support systems, they speculated.
  据科学家推测，这可能是因为神经系统活动的增多会削弱苍蝇的生命支持系统。
• 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。
• No succession plan has been announced, or even speculated upon, for McGraw-Hill's62-year-old CEO Terry McGraw.
  麦格劳-希尔集团的现任CEO泰瑞•麦格劳已经是62岁的高龄，但集团目前尚未公布任何继任方案&甚至连推测也没有。
• Scientists have speculated about the possibility of parallel universes.
  科学家们推测了并列星系的可能性。