speculated

英 [ˈspekjuleɪtɪd]

美 [ˈspekjuleɪtɪd]

v.  推测; 猜测; 推断; 投机; 做投机买卖
speculate的过去分词和过去式

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

• The team speculated that fuel was vented from four tanks shortly after takeoff.
  据“飞之队”推测，飞机起飞后不久，四个油箱就发生了燃料泄露。
• Some researchers have speculated that high-heeled shoes may be to blame.
  有研究者推测高跟鞋可能是罪魁祸首。
• Scientists have speculated about the possibility of parallel universes.
  科学家们推测了并列星系的可能性。
• It is also speculated that neither Healthy Choice Foods nor the airlines were seriously disadvantaged by the outcome.
  这也是推测，既不健康食品的选择，航空公司也受到严重的不利结果。
• Members of the government had speculated in Marconi shares.
  政府成员曾在马可尼公司股票上进行投机。
• The willowy redhead also recorded the Frank Sinatra song'Somethin'Stupid'with British singer Robbie Williams, and some celebrity magazines even speculated that the pair were dating.
  苗条的红头发人也记录了弗兰克·辛阿特拉歌和英国的歌手罗宾·威廉斯一起唱的歌《愚蠢的事情》，有些名人杂志甚至推测了这一对正在约会。
• Speculated that high cholesterol was a contributing factor to the patient's health problems.
  推测高胆固醇含量是影响病人健康的一个因素。
• He has speculated on why this is so.
  他曾经思考过为什么会这样。
• He speculated on the reform of the methods of inquiry.
  他提出改革研究方法的意见。
• The philosopher speculated about time and space.
  这位哲学家在思索时间和空间问题。