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

• His speculations in stocks led to his suicide.
  他在股票上做投机买卖致使他自杀。
• Post your speculations in the comments!
  在评论中贴出你的推测吧！
• What Would a Non-Sexist City Be Like? Speculations on Housing, Urban Design, and Human Work.
  没有性别歧视的城市是什么样子？对房屋，城市设计和人类分工的思考。
• 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。
• 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。
• Your speculations were all quite close to the truth.
  你的揣测都很接近于事实。
• 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。
• Such speculations no longer belong to the realm of science.
  这些推测已越出了科学的范畴。
• 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。
• It must not be occupied with problems, with worries, with speculations.
  你的心一定不能被问题、烦恼及臆测所占据。