speculate
推测
常用释义
英音[ ˈspekjuleɪt ]
美音[ ˈspekjuleɪt ]
变形
第三人称单数:
speculates
现在分词:
speculating
过去式:
speculated
过去分词:
speculated
基本释义
- v. 猜测，推测；投机
考试频率
四级
考频：近五年出现3次
- v. 猜测; 推测
六级
考频：近五年出现2次
- v. 猜测; 推测
考研
考频：近六年出现4次
- v/n. 猜测; 推测
例句
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1·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。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·It's always hard to speculate about the future.推测未来总是很难的。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·It's tempting to speculate about what might have happened.大家不禁猜测，到底发生了什么事。来源: 《牛津词典》
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4·This has led scientists to speculate on the existence of other galaxies.这就使得科学家推测还有其他星系存在。来源: 《牛津词典》
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5·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。来源: 《牛津词典》
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6·The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head.医生们猜测他死于头部撞击引起的脑溢血。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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7·I mean it's interesting to speculate.我的意思是，这是很有趣的推测。
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8·He has bought himself time by refusing to speculate publicly on the cause of the blast.他拒绝公开推测爆炸原因，为自己赢得了时间。
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9·He refused to speculate on the possible effects on relations between the two governments.他拒绝猜测这对两国政府关系可能产生的影响。
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10·Other researchers speculate that sauropods ingested these stones as a source of some the minerals they needed, such as calcium.其他研究人员推测，蜥脚类动物吞食这些石头是为了获取它们需要的一些矿物质，比如钙。
网络释义
- speculate on : v. 推测；考虑
同义词
vt.
推断
同根词
词根：
speculate