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

• 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。
• 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。
• He speculated that this might lead to a success.
  他推测这可能会导致成功。
• The willowy redhead also recorded the Frank Sinatra song'Somethin'Stupid'with British singer Robbie Williams, and some celebrity magazines even speculated that the pair were dating.
  苗条的红头发人也记录了弗兰克·辛阿特拉歌和英国的歌手罗宾·威廉斯一起唱的歌《愚蠢的事情》，有些名人杂志甚至推测了这一对正在约会。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。