speculation
/ˌspekjuˈleɪʃ(ə)n/📚 4471托福a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence); "speculations about the outcome of the election"
noun [抽象名词]投机，投机买卖；猜测，推测，推断
I am tired of all the speculation.
我厌烦了所有这些猜测。
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- Lesson 19 The stuff of dreams speculation 名词: 推测
来自speculate(v. 思索； 推测)
单词造句:
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- Speculation is rife that he will be fired. 他将被解雇的猜测盛行。
- Speculation about a divorce proved totally unfounded. 有关离婚的猜测证实纯属无稽之谈。
speculation的重要知识点
| speculate | speculation | speculative |
| inspect | inspector | inspection |
| suspect | suspicious | suspicion |
| expect | expectation | expectancy |
| respect | respectable | respectful |
| introspect | retrospect | perspective |
| circumspect | circumspection | circumspectly |
| spectacle | spectacular | specious |
| despise | espionage | conspicuous |
speculation n. 推测；投机
- She dismissed the newspaper reports as pure speculation. 她将报纸报道斥为纯粹的猜测。
- There has been a great deal of speculation about what will happen after the elections. 对于选举后将发生什么有大量的猜测(speculation about … 对于…的猜测)
- The bank warned against excessive speculation in property development. 银行警告不要过度投机于房地产开发。 (speculation in … 在某方面的投机)
| speculate on/about … 猜测…的原因 (v.) | We can only speculate on/about the reasons for his sudden resignation. 我们只能猜测他突然辞职的原因。 |
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| speculate in … 在…方面投机 (v.) | He speculated in stocks, hoping to make a quick profit. 他在股票上投机，希望快速获利。 |
| speculative 猜测的；推测性的 (adj.) |
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| speculative investments 投机性投资 (adj.) | Financial advisors usually recommend avoiding highly speculative investments. 财务顾问通常建议避免高度投机性的投资。 |
| conjecture 推测；猜测 (n. 强调基于不完整信息) | The article was full of conjecture regarding the singer's private life. 这篇文章充满了关于这位歌手私生活的推测。 |
| guesswork/guess work 猜测；推测 (n. 强调随机或缺乏事实) | We don't need evidence-based results; this is all just guesswork. 我们不需要基于证据的结果，这一切都只是猜测。 |