speculation

英 [ˌspekjuˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌspekjuˈleɪʃn]

n.  推测; 猜测; 推断; 投机买卖; 炒股

复数：speculations　

TOEFLIELTS经济

BNC.3649 / COCA.4431

牛津词典

noun

• 推测；猜测；推断
  the act of forming opinions about what has happened or what might happen without knowing all the facts
  1. There was widespread speculation that she was going to resign.
     人们纷纷推测她将辞职。
  2. His private life is the subject of much speculation.
     他的私生活引起诸多猜测。
  3. Today's announcement ends months of speculation about the company's future.
     今天的声明使得几个月来关于公司未来的种种猜测就此烟消云散。
  4. She dismissed the newspaper reports as pure speculation .
     她说报纸上的报道毫无根据，纯属臆断。
  5. Our speculations proved right.
     事实证明，我们的推断是对的。
• 投机买卖；炒股
  the activity of buying and selling goods or shares in a company in the hope of making a profit, but with the risk of losing money

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。

英英释义

noun

• continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
  1. the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge
  Synonym:meditation
• a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
  1. speculations about the outcome of the election
  2. he dismissed it as mere conjecture
  Synonym:conjecture
• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
  Synonym:guessconjecturesuppositionsurmisesurmisalhypothesis
• an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
  1. he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it
  Synonym:venture

双语例句

• As a matter of fact, this was purely newspaper gossip and speculation.
  事实上，这纯粹是报纸上的闲谈和推测。
• He made his money in property speculation.
  他靠房地产投机发了财。
• But this is only speculation.
  但是这仅仅是个猜测。
• It triggered broad speculation that GM and Jaguar might be talking.
  这引发了人们对通用公司和捷豹公司可能在进行磋商的大量猜测。
• There has been much speculation that America might be siding with the rebels
  有很多猜测认为美国会支持叛乱者。
• The move is an attempt to curb the rise in house prices and speculation in the property market.
  这一举措主要是为了控制房价的上涨和房地产市场的投机行为。
• This has fuelled speculation that he is about to clinch a deal with an American engine manufacturer.
  这更增添了人们对他即将和美国的一家发动机制造商达成协议的猜测。
• If he attended a party without his wife, it set off a storm of speculation.
  如果他没和妻子一块儿出席宴会，便会招致各种猜测满天飞。
• The result will inevitably fuel speculation about the Prime Minister's future
  这一结果将不可避免地加剧人们对首相未来的揣测。
• Some stockbrokers, in collusion with bank officials, obtained large sums of money for speculation.
  一些股票经纪人和银行职员串通一气，通过炒买炒卖赚了不少钱。