speculated

英 [ˈspekjuleɪtɪd] 美 [ˈspekjuleɪtɪd]

v.  推测; 猜测; 推断; 投机; 做投机买卖
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  1. VERB 推测;猜测;猜想
    If you speculate about 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。
  2. VERB 投机;做投机买卖
    If someone speculates financially, 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。
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  1. Many speculated that the US would put the peace process on the back burner
    很多人推测美国将会暂时搁置和平进程。
  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。
  3. No succession plan has been announced, or even speculated upon, for McGraw-Hill's62-year-old CEO Terry McGraw.
    麦格劳-希尔集团的现任CEO泰瑞•麦格劳已经是62岁的高龄，但集团目前尚未公布任何继任方案&甚至连推测也没有。
  4. Many speculated that the founders would use their claim to shut down Skype and leave investors with nothing.
    很多人猜测这两位创始人会通过诉讼让Skype关门大吉，投资者将一无所有。
  5. Investors have already speculated BP might reset the dividend at about half its previous level.
    投资者已经在猜测，BP可能将股息水平调整为之前的一半左右。
  6. Other researchers have speculated that this more-organized musical structure may have greater resonance for the brain.
    其他研究者已经查明，这种更有组织的音乐结构可能对大脑有更强的共鸣作用。
  7. The philosopher speculated about time and space.
    这位哲学家在思索时间和空间问题。
  8. Scientists have speculated about the possibility of parallel universes.
    科学家们推测了并列星系的可能性。
  9. But he had learned his lesson. Never since then had he speculated.
    可是他已经得到教训了，从那次以后他再也不敢做投机生意。
  10. It is speculated that the Untouchables were originally assigned such lowly tasks because of their non Aryan origins.
    这是推测，铁面无私原来分配的任务，例如卑贱，因为他们非雅利安人的起源。
  11. Researchers have speculated that a fully functioning brain can generate as much as 10 watts of electrical power.
    研究者们推测一个充分运作的大脑能产生10瓦电能。
  12. People have speculated about human cognition for 2000 years.
    人们对人类的认知力已思索了2000年。
  13. He speculated that he would succeed.
    他推测他将成功。
  14. Some experts have speculated that sleep may be an evolutionary mechanism to conserve energy.
    一些科学家猜测，睡眠可能是保存能量的一种转化机制。
  15. Speculated that high cholesterol was a contributing factor to the patient's health problems.
    推测高胆固醇含量是影响病人健康的一个因素。
  16. The willowy redhead also recorded the Frank Sinatra song'Somethin'Stupid'with British singer Robbie Williams, and some celebrity magazines even speculated that the pair were dating.
    苗条的红头发人也记录了弗兰克·辛阿特拉歌和英国的歌手罗宾·威廉斯一起唱的歌《愚蠢的事情》，有些名人杂志甚至推测了这一对正在约会。
  17. He has speculated on why this is so.
    他曾经思考过为什么会这样。
  18. Price and her colleagues don't know what caused the changes in both the brain and the scores they documented, but speculated they could be a result of learning experiences.
    普赖斯和她的同事不知道是什么同时导致大脑和他们记录的智商分数发生了变化，但猜测这可能是学习经验的结果。
  19. He speculated that this might lead to a success.
    他推测这可能会导致成功。
  20. Some researchers have speculated that high-heeled shoes may be to blame.
    有研究者推测高跟鞋可能是罪魁祸首。
  21. He speculated on the reform of the methods of inquiry.
    他提出改革研究方法的意见。
  22. He speculated that although matter by itself could not give rise to thought.
    洛克认为，虽然物质本身不会产生思想。
  23. It is also speculated that neither Healthy Choice Foods nor the airlines were seriously disadvantaged by the outcome.
    这也是推测，既不健康食品的选择，航空公司也受到严重的不利结果。
  24. Plato and Aristotle speculated on memory and thought.
    柏拉图和亚理士多德曾经推究了记忆和思想。
  25. Media reports have speculated on the huge fortune he amassed from selling stock advice.
    媒体报道对他通过出售股票建议敛聚的巨额财富多有猜测。
  26. Members of the government had speculated in Marconi shares.
    政府成员曾在马可尼公司股票上进行投机。
  27. The researchers speculated that people who carry only one defective copy might be less prone to hypertension.
    研究人员推测只携带一个缺陷基因的人可能更容易发生高血压。
  28. Bible scholars have speculated as to what this thorn might have been, but no one knows for sure.
    圣经学者们推测这根刺有可能是什么，但没有人确切地知道。
  29. This is most probably because the increase in neural activity weakens the fly's life-support systems, they speculated.
    据科学家推测，这可能是因为神经系统活动的增多会削弱苍蝇的生命支持系统。
  30. The team speculated that fuel was vented from four tanks shortly after takeoff.
    据“飞之队”推测，飞机起飞后不久，四个油箱就发生了燃料泄露。
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