speculate 音标拼音: [sp'ɛkjəl
, et]
vi . 深思,推测,投机
深思,推测,投机
speculate v 1 :
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds ;
"
Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps "
[
synonym : {
speculate }, {
theorize }, {
theorise }, {
conjecture },
{
hypothesize }, {
hypothesise }, {
hypothecate }, {
suppose }]
2 :
talk over conjecturally ,
or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion ; "
We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal "
3 :
reflect deeply on a subject ; "
I mulled over the events of the afternoon "; "
philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years "; "
The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate " [
synonym : {
chew over }, {
think over }, {
meditate }, {
ponder }, {
excogitate }, {
contemplate },
{
muse }, {
reflect }, {
mull }, {
mull over }, {
ruminate },
{
speculate }]
4 :
invest at a risk ; "
I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price ,
so I am speculating " [
synonym : {
speculate }, {
job }]
Speculate \
Spec "
u *
late \,
v .
t .
To consider attentively ;
as ,
to speculate the nature of a thing . [
R .] --
Sir W .
Hamilton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Speculate \
Spec "
u *
late \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Speculated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Speculating }.] [
L .
speculatus ,
p .
p .
of speculari to spy out ,
observe ,
fr .
specula a lookout ,
fr .
specere to look .
See {
Spy }.]
1 .
To consider by turning a subject in the mind ,
and viewing it in its different aspects and relations ;
to meditate ;
to contemplate ;
to theorize ;
as ,
to speculate on questions in religion ;
to speculate on political events .
[
1913 Webster ]
It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most pefect quietude to the external regulations of society . --
Hawthorne .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Philos .)
To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed ,
and infer conclusions respecting them a priori .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Com .)
To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value ,
and a consequent sale at a profit ; --
often ,
in a somewhat depreciative sense ,
of unsound or hazardous transactions ;
as ,
to speculate in coffee ,
in sugar ,
or in bank stock .
[
1913 Webster ]
122 Moby Thesaurus words for "
speculate ":
be abstracted ,
be caught short ,
be short ,
belong ,
brood ,
bucket ,
bucketshop ,
buy in ,
buy into ,
call ,
cast a horoscope ,
cast a nativity ,
cast lots ,
cerebrate ,
chew over ,
chew the cud ,
cogitate ,
consider ,
contemplate ,
cut lots ,
cut the cards ,
debate ,
deliberate ,
deposit margin ,
digest ,
divine ,
dope ,
dope out ,
dowse for water ,
draw lots ,
draw straws ,
entertain a theory ,
espouse a theory ,
evaluate ,
excogitate ,
financier ,
forebode ,
forecast ,
foresee ,
foretell ,
fortune -
tell ,
gamble ,
game ,
go long ,
guess ,
hariolate ,
have a theory ,
hold on ,
hypothesize ,
introspect ,
invest ,
invest in ,
judge ,
lay out money ,
lot ,
make a killing ,
make a prediction ,
make a prognosis ,
make a prophecy ,
make a scoop ,
make an investment ,
margin up ,
match coins ,
meditate ,
miss the market ,
mull over ,
muse ,
operate ,
overstay the market ,
perpend ,
place ,
play ,
play around with ,
play at dice ,
play the market ,
play the ponies ,
play with ,
plow back into ,
plunge ,
ponder ,
ponder over ,
postulate ,
predict ,
prefigure ,
presage ,
prognosticate ,
prophesy ,
put ,
pyramid ,
raffle off ,
read palms ,
read tea leaves ,
read the future ,
reason ,
reflect ,
reinvest ,
review ,
risk ,
ruminate ,
scalp ,
scoop the market ,
shoot craps ,
sink ,
sink money in ,
soothsay ,
sport ,
stag ,
stag the market ,
study ,
take a chance ,
take a flier ,
tell fortunes ,
tell the future ,
theorize ,
toss ,
toy with ,
trade on margin ,
vaticinate ,
venture ,
wager ,
weigh ,
wonder about
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