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

• 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。
• 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。
• The philosopher speculated about time and space.
  这位哲学家在思索时间和空间问题。
• 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。
• Other researchers have speculated that this more-organized musical structure may have greater resonance for the brain.
  其他研究者已经查明，这种更有组织的音乐结构可能对大脑有更强的共鸣作用。
• It is speculated that the Untouchables were originally assigned such lowly tasks because of their non Aryan origins.
  这是推测，铁面无私原来分配的任务，例如卑贱，因为他们非雅利安人的起源。
• Many speculated that the US would put the peace process on the back burner
  很多人推测美国将会暂时搁置和平进程。
• But he had learned his lesson. Never since then had he speculated.
  可是他已经得到教训了，从那次以后他再也不敢做投机生意。
• 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。
• 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。