vt.推测
vi.投机；深思
The doctors speculate that he died of cancer. 医生推测他死于癌症。
Can you speculate how such damage might arise? 你能否想出这种伤害是怎样引起的?
用作不及物动词 (vi.)He likes to speculate on the stock market. 他喜欢炒股。
It's dangerous to speculate. 做投机买卖是很危险的。
He did not speculate on who would get the prize. 他没有去猜测谁将得奖。
speculate的基本意思是“思索”“猜测”,指考虑或谈论某事而前提不确定或不完整,只是凭空猜想或仅凭推理,因此其结论往往具有假设性或理论性,本词强调推理过程。
speculate可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,常接that从句。
