speculate

过去式：speculated过去分词：speculated现在分词：speculating第三人称单数：speculates

1. vt. & vi. 思索; 猜测,推测 think about or take about a matter without having the necessary fact; make guesses
2. vi. 投机 gamble; venture

• speculate casually碰巧地猜测
• speculate rashly轻率地推测
• speculate shrewdly精明地猜测
• speculate theoretically理论地猜测

• speculate about关于…思索
• speculate as to为…思索
• speculate for〔in〕投机
• speculate on关于…推测

speculate on v. 推测；考虑

1. The doctors speculate that he died of cancer.
   医生推测他死于癌症。
2. Can you speculate how such damage might arise?
   你能否想出这种伤害是怎样引起的?

1. He likes to speculate on the stock market.
   他喜欢炒股。
2. It's dangerous to speculate.
   做投机买卖是很危险的。
3. He did not speculate on who would get the prize.
   他没有去猜测谁将得奖。
4. He began to speculate about the future.
   他开始思索未来。
5. She often speculated as to what sort of man she would marry.
   她常常在想将来自己会跟什麽样的人结婚。