speculated
基本解释
- vt.推测
- vi.投机;深思
用法辨析
- 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。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- 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。 - He speculated that he would succeed.
他推测他将成功。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+that-clause
词组短语
- 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
- speculate about 关于…思索
- speculate as to 为…思索