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

• 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。
• The report released by the committee today employs many rumors and speculations to prove non-existent accusations.
  委员会今日发布的报告采信了许多谣言和猜测，以证明各项并不存在的指控。
• 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。
• Mr peel cut in on their speculations in a tone of hurt surprise.
  皮尔先生以一种痛苦而惊讶的口吻，插嘴加入了他们的推测。
• As the bubble progresses, they will inevitably take on more debt to finance their speculations.
  随着泡沫的发展，他们将不可避免地扩大举债规模，以便为投机行为提供资金。
• They are speculating, not investing, and like all speculators what they are speculating on is the speculations of other speculators.
  他们是在投机，而非投资；就像所有投机者一样，他们投机的是其它投机者的投机。
• Karl Marx deserves serious study for his analysis, but not for his speculations about how a society should be run.
  卡尔-马克斯的分析理应得到认真的研究，但他对社会应当如何运作的假想就免了。
• As potentially the first African-American first lady, I was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations, conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others, she said.
  在我可能成为第一个非裔第一夫人时，我也成为一系列问题，以及引发的推测与谈话的焦点。这些东西有时是出于对他人的恐惧与错误观念，她说。
• 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。
• His speculations in stocks led to his suicide.
  他在股票上做投机买卖致使他自杀。