speculate
美 [ˈspekjəˌleɪt] 
英 [ˈspekjʊleɪt]
词形变化
第三人称单数：speculates 现在分词：speculating 过去式：speculated 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | [i][t] 推测；猜测；推断to form an opinion about sth without knowing all the details or facts |
| We all speculated about the reasons for her resignation. 我们大家都推测过她辞职的原因。 |
| It is useless to speculate why he did it. 对他为什么这么做妄加猜测毫无用处。 |
| We can speculate that the stone circles were used in some sort of pagan ceremony. 我们可以推测，这些石头排成的圆圈是用于某种异教崇拜仪式的。 |
2. | [i] ~ (in/on sth) 投机；做投机买卖to buy goods, property, shares, etc., hoping to make a profit when you sell them, but with the risk of losing money |
| He likes to speculate on the stock market. 他喜欢炒股。 |
英汉解释
v. | 1. 沉思,思索;设想,推测 (about; on, upon) |
英英解释
例句
Regrettably they did not seriously speculate what was the definition of time and what was the essence of time.
可惜的是他们的注意力是在物理学上，而并没有认真思考时间的定义和解释时间的本质。
It would be easy to speculate about what we could have done differently, but that wouldn't turn back the clock.
推测我们会采取什么样不同的方法是容易的，但时间不会倒转。
Einstein worked out the theory of relativity with paper and pencil, but could only speculate on the true nature of subatomic particles.
爱因斯坦虽然用纸和笔研究出了相对论，但只能推测亚原子粒子的真实特性。
"People might speculate that women would be more sensitive, but these processes are just as critical to men, " she said.
人类可以说女性更感性，但这些东西（情感）对男性而言也是同样重要的。
I think it's too early to speculate that this might be a form of liberalization.
我觉得，大家把这次解禁看作某种形式的自由化还为时过早。
So this is what I can speculate, might have been going on had we been able to do a SPECT scan on Beck during this survival epic.
如果我们可以将Beck连接在电脑扫描仪上，我猜想这就是当时在他惊人的求生过程中所发生的一切。
His physical condition was deteriorating, and he began to speculate on the matter of death.
他的健康状况日恶化，他开始考虑起死的问题。
I wouldn't like to speculate how much that car must have cost him.
我不想猜想他花了多少钱买那辆车。
Mr Woo said he would not speculate on whether Mr Li's remarks were aimed at him.
吴光正表示不会揣测李嘉诚的言论是否针对他。
Some speculate that she might have been jealous of all the deals Martina Hingis was getting from ITF and she wasn't getting.
有人推测她转会是出于嫉妒玛蒂娜？辛吉斯在国际网球联合会的待遇，这些待遇她没有。
The researchers instead speculate that intelligence might be passed down as part of a larger package of good attributes.
研究人员进而推测，聪明可能作为众多优良品质的一部分获得遗传。
He declined to speculate about how much longer the investigation would take.
他拒绝透露这场调察会持续到何时。
Ministry of Defense called it a motorcycle range, but other speculate it may be some sort of calibration tool for satellites.
英国国防部称其为摩托车训练场，但有人却认为它可能供卫星使用的标识。
Her mother would later speculate that Margarite desperately needed to feel noticed and special.
她的母亲后来猜测，玛格丽特可能迫切需要感到被注意及受到重视。
Frontier watches in Peshawar, NWFP's edgy capital, speculate that the army may be trying to re-enlist the support of these brigands .
白沙瓦的边境观察员们（西北边疆的前卫资本）推测军队可能正试图重新取得这些强盗的帮助。
They also speculate that well qualified people might be under less long-term stress, or be better able to deal with stress.
他们还推测，受到良好教育的人们可能较少地受到长期压力，或者能够较好地处理压力。
But Bolten refused to speculate on how much more might be needed to help the region recover.
但他不愿推测帮助灾区复苏还需要追加多少资金。
The idea led her to speculate about what would happen to a brilliant woman without resources or an outlet for her creativity.
这个想法促使她继续思考一个才华横溢的女人在缺乏资源，或是一个释放才能的出口时，会是怎样的情形。
The company declined to speculate on how much asset sales have raised so far.
AIG拒绝推测迄今已通过资产出售筹集了多少资金。
It's easy to speculate that the A3 concept with its innocuous TDI engine was just a "feeler" to guage public reaction to the hyper hatch.
可以很容易地推测，3号的概念，其无害TDI发动机只是一个“触角”，以搜集公众的反应，超舱口。
Some scientists speculate that water may have evaporated into the atmosphere and the rest trapped beneath the surface in the form of ice.
一些科学家推测，水可能曾被蒸发到大气中，而其余的则以冰的形式被截留在表面之下。
A spokesman at Tyson Foods Inc. said the Springdale, Ark. , meat company 'won't speculate on the impact' of a yuan rise.
美国肉类企业泰森食品有限公司（TysonFoodsInc.）的发言人说，公司不愿意对人民币升值的影响进行猜测。
You're right. I wish I'd never opened the topic, but I did speculate that under-reporting might be the culprit, as seems to be the case.
你说得对，我真希望我没开这个话题。但是我还是觉得隐瞒报道才是罪魁祸首，至少本例如此。
Cosmologists speculate that the dark matter may be made of particles produced shortly after the Big Bang.
宇宙学家猜测暗物质可能由大爆炸后不久产生的粒子组成，这些粒子或许和普通的“重子物质”完全不同。
Few details of Steve Jobs ' health have ever been made public, but experts speculate that his cancer may have been a case of late diagnosis.
乔布斯的健康状况细节很少向外界透露。但是专家推测，他的病症可能是在晚期被确诊的。
He said it is premature to speculate about how the defense may be structured, but said attorneys may coordinate their strategy.
他说，猜测将如何进行辩护还为时过早，但说律师们可以协调他们的对策。
since he wasn't a blackguard Polish nobleman, it was absurd to speculate what his wife's rights would be if he WERE.
既然他不是个恶棍般的波兰贵族，现在假设他是，再来推断他妻子将有什么权力，这未免荒唐。
Wilson Hall is one of the oldest campuses on Athens, and rumors speculate that it was built on an ancient burial ground.
威胜堂则是设立在雅典城最古老的学院之一，传闻这里以前曾是一个坟场。
Some pundits speculate that, rather than closing the party, the court will bar Mr Erdogan and a few of his lieutenants from politics.
一些评论家推测，相比取缔这个政党之举，法院更愿意禁止MrErdogan和其少数副职官员从政。
All this activity, many scientists speculate, may be a symptom that overall tectonic pressure in the region is increasing.
许多科学家推测，这一切活动可能是加诸此地区地壳整体压力逐渐增强的征兆。
Some researchers speculate that they made the best of a bad situation by catching fish, and hunting turtles and waterfowl from the canals.
科研人员进一步猜想，认为每遇到情况不妙的时候，他们还能打鱼过日子，会从他们开挖的水渠系统中捕捉一些海龟和水鸟一类的东西。
This led him to speculate that the virus may be creating the tumour as a safe haven to support its own existence.
这个事实让他猜想也许这种病毒创造了肿瘤，使之成为支持其自身存在的安全之所。
The authors speculate that humans may be afraid of the dark because this situation has long been true.
作者们推测，人类害怕黑暗是因为这种情形长期存在。
Even so, some diplomats speculate that he may be preparing for a succession of sorts, handing over to his third son, Kim Jong Un.
即便如此，有些外交官还是猜测金可能正在准备某种形式的过渡，移交手中的权利给他的三儿子金正元。
The authors speculate that this could explain some of the language problems seen in autism.
作者推测这也许能解释在自闭症中出现的一些语言问题。
Eg: So far, the police can only speculate on the possible motives for the killing.
到目前为止，警方还只能推测这起杀人案的动机。
Don't diversify , concentrate on a few commodities. More diversity reduces amount you can speculate with. Also too much to watch.
不要撒芝麻在几种商品上。分布过散会削减你能用以投契的数目。何况要把守的太多。
People who speculate have to be prepared to take the risk of losing money.
做投机买卖的人对亏损的风险得有所准备。
So the investigators speculate that males might synchronize to a single common pitch as a sort of mating beacon.
因此科学家们推测雄性蓝鲸们也许会一致地发出同一种单一频率的叫声作为求偶的信号。
Sometimes when K. and H. were bored they would speculate about the (real) identity of his mother and how his parents had met.
有时候K和H觉得无聊了就开始猜测他母亲的真实身份，还有她和爸相遇的过程。
