| 词汇 | speculation |
| 释义 | speculation noun[ C or U ] uk /ˌspek.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌspek.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/ speculationnoun[C or U] (GUESS)C1 the activity of guessing possible answers to a question without having enough information to be certain: 猜测;推测，推断 Rumours that they are about to marry have been dismissed as pure speculation.他们打算结婚的传言已证实只不过是猜测。 Speculation about his future plans is rife.对他未来的计划猜测很多，众说纷纭。 [ + that ]News of the president's illness fuelled/prompted speculation that an election will be held later in the year.总统患病的消息引起了人们的猜测，认为在今年晚些时候会举行一次选举。 He had tried to damp down speculation about the state of his marriage.他试图让人们减少对他婚姻状况的种种猜疑。 Her resignation ends months of speculation about her future.她的辞职为数月来人们对她未来的种种揣测画上了句号。 The statement excited new speculation that a senior minister may be about to resign. The prime minister's speech fuelled speculation that she is about to resign. The minister dismissed the newspaper reports as pure speculation. Guesses and assumptions a shot in the darkidiom approximation assumption bet conjecturally conjecture counterfactual estimate misassumption misestimate misestimation overestimate overestimation proposition purportedly re-estimate rough estimate sneaking speculative suspicion speculationnoun[C or U] (TRADING)the act of speculating in order to make a profit投机，投机买卖 Stock markets algo anti-city anti-dilution anti-speculation anti-speculative arbitrageur asset-stripping broker bull market capital investment carpetbagger equity gilt grubstake head fake hedging ICO inconvertible rentier stockbroker belt You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Profits & losses speculation | Business Englishspeculation noun[ C or U ] uk /ˌspekjəˈleɪʃən/us the act of guessing possible answers to a question without having enough information to be certain: Rumours that the CEO is retiring have been dismissed as pure speculation. speculation about sthThe news led to speculation about possible further departures among the senior executive team. speculation (that)There is speculation that fourth quarter GDP growth could be revised downwards. The dollar rose amid speculation that central banks could buy the currency in collaboration. fuel/prompt speculationThe chairman's speech fuelled speculation that a merger will happen later in the year. on speculationThe stock shot up recently on speculation that a financing package was imminent. FINANCE the act of buying something hoping that its value will increase and then selling at this higher price in order to make a profit: speculation on/in sthEvidence that the economy is accelerating could fuel further speculation in commodity markets. The share issue coincided with a huge rise in amateur stock market speculation. Examples of speculationspeculation Here we have only speculations to offer, but we do believe that an explanation of the gap may involve a combination of three factors. Instead, they are based on speculations about long-term benefits. Section 5 contains some speculations and open problems, and in particular we discuss some duality between symplectic homology and shapes. Two main research questions, based on the previously reviewed research and speculations, have guided this study. Like no others, they challenged traditional archaeology with their speculations, and through their high contacts. Of course, these are only speculations, and need further investigation. Analyses of the process of therapy with adolescent clients, for example, can begin to address these and related developmentally informed speculations. Such speculations and questions call for further research. However, this topic will undoubtedly be the focus of intensive research over the coming years, so it is perhaps best to end the speculations here. Contemporary accounts speak frequently of wild rumors and inexplicable speculations which seem to have pervaded this incident. If tradition is relevant at all, why should it be relevant to beliefs but not to fears, hopes, speculations, and other propositional attitudes ? There were speculations, for example, that several of his cabinet members were not clean. Validation is the work of the philosopher reasoning alone in a world he inhabits alone or fills with the products of his own speculations. The authors avoid sterile controversies, unwarranted speculations and metaphysical meanderings. I shall offer some speculations on option (iii) at the end of this paper. See all examples of speculation These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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