用作及物动词(vt.)

The doctors speculate that he died of cancer.医生推测他死于癌症。

Can you speculate how such damage might arise?你能否想出这种伤害是怎样引起的?

用作不及物动词(vi.)

He pkes to speculate on the stock market.他喜欢炒股。

It's dangerous to speculate.做投机买卖是很危险的。

He did not speculate on who would get the prize.他没有去猜测谁将得奖。

He began to speculate about the future.他开始思索未来。

She often speculated as to what sort of man she would marry.她常常在想将来自己会跟什麽样的人结婚。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

We don't know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless to speculate.
我们不了解所有的情况,妄加推测是没有意义的。

用作及物动词S+～+that-clause

He speculated that he would succeed.
他推测他将成功。

The popce are speculating that this incident may be pnked to a similar attack two weeks ago.
警方推测这次事件可能同两周前的类似的袭击有联系。

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

speculate casually碰巧地猜测

speculate rashly轻率地推测

speculate shrewdly精明地猜测

speculate theoretically理论地猜测

～+介词

speculate about关于…思索

speculate as to为…思索

speculate for〔in〕投机

speculate on关于…推测

v.(动词)

speculate的基本意思是“思索”“猜测”,指考虑或谈论某事而前提不确定或不完整,只是凭空猜想或仅凭推理,因此其结论往往具有假设性或理论性,本词强调推理过程。

speculate可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,常接that从句。

用作及物动词(vt.)

The doctors speculate that he died of cancer.医生推测他死于癌症。

Can you speculate how such damage might arise?你能否想出这种伤害是怎样引起的?

用作不及物动词(vi.)

He pkes to speculate on the stock market.他喜欢炒股。

It's dangerous to speculate.做投机买卖是很危险的。

He did not speculate on who would get the prize.他没有去猜测谁将得奖。

He began to speculate about the future.他开始思索未来。

She often speculated as to what sort of man she would marry.她常常在想将来自己会跟什麽样的人结婚。

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

We don't know all the circumstances, so it would be pointless to speculate.
我们不了解所有的情况,妄加推测是没有意义的。

用作及物动词S+～+that-clause

He speculated that he would succeed.
他推测他将成功。

The popce are speculating that this incident may be pnked to a similar attack two weeks ago.
警方推测这次事件可能同两周前的类似的袭击有联系。

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

speculate casually碰巧地猜测

speculate rashly轻率地推测

speculate shrewdly精明地猜测

speculate theoretically理论地猜测

～+介词

speculate about关于…思索

speculate as to为…思索

speculate for〔in〕投机

speculate on关于…推测

【近义词】

• conjecture推测
• guess推测
• contemplate注视
• consider考虑
• gamble赌博
• risk危险
• venture冒险(事业)
• hypothesize假设
• reason原因
• ponder沉思
• wonder惊奇
• cogitate思考
• reflect on考虑
• take risks冒险
• hazard危险
• take a chance冒险
• meditate沉思
• theorize推理
• deliberate深思熟虑的
• reflect反映
• chance可能性
• study研究
• generalize概括
• conceive设想
• think认为
• muse沉思
• mull思索
• think over仔细考虑
• hypothecate假定
• chew over仔细考虑
• theorise建立理论
• hypothesise假设
• excogitate想出
• job工作
• ruminate深思
• suppose假设
• mull over仔细考虑