speculations

英 [ˌspɛkjʊˈleɪʃənz]

美 [ˌspɛkjəˈleɪʃənz]

n.  推测; 猜测; 推断; 投机买卖; 炒股
speculation的复数

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

• We heard all kinds of speculations about the causes of his death.
  我们听到关于他死亡原因的种种猜测。
• The story of black holes is just beginning. Speculations about them are endless.
  对黑洞的研究刚刚开始，各种推测会层出不穷。
• A planetary alignment is a rare spectacular event that has always been a topic of great interest and speculations.
  行星连成一线这种罕见奇观一直是人们关注和争相猜测的焦点。
• Only the positivists consider all metaphysical speculations as nonsense and reject any kind of apriorism.
  只有寊证论者把所有的形而上学的思考看作胡说，而拒绝任何先验论。
• Your speculations were all quite close to the truth.
  你的揣测都很接近于事实。
• Many such speculations passed through my mind that night.
  在那个夜晚，许许多多诸如此类的思绪在我脑海中翻腾。
• The front door bell jangled viciously, interrupting the delightful speculations.
  前门的门铃剧烈地响了起来，打断了玛莎小姐的美妙推测。
• This is not the first time that speculations about a marriage involving the two have surfaced.
  之前就曾出现过有关两人婚礼的猜测。
• These speculations sound like science fiction. But the theory of black holes in space is accepted by many serious scientists and astronomers.
  这些设想听起来像科幻小说，但空间中黑洞的理论被许多严谨的科学家和天文学家接受。
• Mr peel cut in on their speculations in a tone of hurt surprise.
  皮尔先生以一种痛苦而惊讶的口吻，插嘴加入了他们的推测。