Thousands of retirees were persuaded to mortgage their homes to invest in speculative bonds.
上千的退休人员被劝说抵押他们的房子去投资投机性的债券。
| speculate | v.猜测 | We can only speculate on the reasons for his sudden resignation. |
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| v.投机 | speculate in stocks |
| conjecture 推测;猜想 (n./v.) | His theory is based on facts, not mere conjecture. 他的理论是基于事实,而非仅仅是推测。 |
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| guesswork 猜测;推断 (n.) | This new tool takes the guesswork out of recipe measurement. 这个新工具消除了食谱计量的猜测成分。 |
| guess work 猜测工作 (n.) | The result was obtained through pure guess work. 这个结果是完全通过瞎猜得到的。 |