speculations

英 [ˌspɛkjʊˈleɪʃənz]

美 [ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃənz]

n.  推测; 猜测; 推断; 投机买卖; 炒股
speculation的复数

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

• A planetary alignment is a rare spectacular event that has always been a topic of great interest and speculations.
  行星连成一线这种罕见奇观一直是人们关注和争相猜测的焦点。
• But I am sorry to report that his wild speculations have now been confirmed by an intriguing natural experiment.
  我非常遗憾地告诉你，他的大胆揣测现在已经被一项有趣的自然试验证实了。
• Your speculations were all quite close to the truth.
  你的揣测都很接近于事实。
• I know the danger of indulging such speculations.
  我知道这样胡思乱想是危险的。
• The mosquito season gives rise to countless speculations about possible solutions to the age-old mystery of mosquito preferences.
  对于关于蚊子喜好的可能性解释，蚊子的繁殖季节提供了无数的猜想。
• These speculations sound like science fiction. But the theory of black holes in space is accepted by many serious scientists and astronomers.
  这些设想听起来像科幻小说，但空间中黑洞的理论被许多严谨的科学家和天文学家接受。
• It must not be occupied with problems, with worries, with speculations.
  你的心一定不能被问题、烦恼及臆测所占据。
• Many such speculations passed through my mind that night.
  在那个夜晚，许许多多诸如此类的思绪在我脑海中翻腾。
• The young man is self-willed, and unwilling to take advice about some speculations in business.
  这年轻人一意孤行，做一些投机生意时不愿听取别人劝告。
• All his reflections and speculations inevitably led to the one conclusion.
  他的一切思索和考虑不可避免地引导出一个结论。