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

• All his reflections and speculations inevitably led to the one conclusion.
  他的一切思索和考虑不可避免地引导出一个结论。
• For hypothetical speculations, but* You? A rooster?
  做这样的假想未免太早了点，你？一只公鸡？
• Post your speculations in the comments!
  在评论中贴出你的推测吧！
• 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。
• Which of these speculations will come true in China first?
  我的这些猜想，哪一项会在中国率先实现？
• The young man is self-willed, and unwilling to take advice about some speculations in business.
  这年轻人一意孤行，做一些投机生意时不愿听取别人劝告。
• 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。
• The report released by the committee today employs many rumors and speculations to prove non-existent accusations.
  委员会今日发布的报告采信了许多谣言和猜测，以证明各项并不存在的指控。
• They are speculating, not investing, and like all speculators what they are speculating on is the speculations of other speculators.
  他们是在投机，而非投资；就像所有投机者一样，他们投机的是其它投机者的投机。
• 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。