speculates

英 [ˈspekjuleɪts] 美 [ˈspekjuleɪts]

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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双语例句

  1. He speculates that Nissan may have flown under the radar of its main competitors when they concentrated on the threat posed by South Korean producer Hyundai, the hottest ascendant Asian brand of the past few years.
    他认为，最近几年韩国汽车制造商现代（Hyundai）这一亚洲品牌的迅速崛起吸引了对手的大部分注意力，这也使得日产有时间养精蓄锐。
  2. Diane Hoskins of Gensler speculates that her company's findings about open-plan offices are so striking that they may mark the beginning of a new era in workplace organisation.
    公司Gensler的黛安·霍斯金斯推测，她们公司的开放办公室表现是如此引人注目，标志着办公室组织方式的一个新时代。
  3. It speculates that, even if the nutritional values of whole fruit and fruit juice are similar, the difference lies with the fact that one food is a semi-solid and the other a liquid.
    据推测，即使这些水果和果汁的营养价值相似，同一食物的半固体状态和液体状态有一定区别也是有一定事实依据的。
  4. And he speculates that people from older generations or different cultures who may not have grown up knowing they were interacting with gay people may be less accurate in making gay versus straight judgments.
    并且他推测：老一辈的人，或是在不知道会与同性恋人群接触的文化背景中成长的人们，他们可能会在同性恋和异性恋辨别中准确率会比较低。
  5. Dyer speculates that giving positive emotions a negative spin might help us regulate that high energy.
    Dyer推测到，用消极的方法表现积极情绪也许能帮助人控制过剩的精力。
  6. Despite being a cure though Klaus speculates it could mean all their deaths.
    虽然可以治愈不死症，但克劳斯推测，这可能意味着他们的死亡。
  7. He speculates that the government is counting on Google and apple to twist arms in the ad world.
    他推测，政府将指望谷歌和苹果在世界范围内扭转乾坤。
  8. He speculates that one reason why it may be more difficult to clone monkeys and humans is because the egg cells are more fragile than those of other species.
    他推测克隆猴子和人类的难度更大的原因之一可能是和其它物种相比，猴子和人类的卵细胞更脆弱。
  9. The Tao now speculates that something went wrong with the casting of a tiny number of souls that chose to cast something to destroy and strip knowledge.
    道现在猜测，在铸造一小部分灵魂时出了岔子，使其选择来铸造事物来破坏和剥夺知识。
  10. The author speculates as to whether there could have been an Italian version of the Nuremberg trials, and what difference it might have made.
    作者思索，当初是否有可能上演一场意大利版的纽伦堡审判，而且结果会有什么不同。
  11. The team led by Robert Nitsch of Universit ä tsmedizin Berlin speculates that changes in lipid phosphate signaling and PRG-1 function may be unrecognized causes of epilepsy.
    由柏林医科大学的RobertNitsch带领的团队推测磷酸酯信号和PRG-1功能的改变可能是癫痫未发现的原因。
  12. He speculates that the next America's Cup victor might tack more sharply using a bumpy rudder.
    」预测下一届美国杯帆船赛的胜利者，很可能使用凹凸不平的方向舵，灵活地御风航行。
  13. But capovilla speculates that a battery-like back-up might help them in times of environmental stress, such as when they are migrating to a new host plant.
    而capovilla的猜测则是一个蓄电池当环境紧张时作为备用能量帮助蚜虫，如正当它们迁移到一个新寄主植物时。
  14. Zuckerman speculates that the rise of guarantees in contemporary art may be related to the number of financiers who collect it: These are people who understand risk and reward from their business life.
    泽克乐曼推测，当代艺术品保底拍卖的上升趋势也许与收藏这类艺术品的金融家的人数有关。这些人由于丰富的从商经历，对风险和回报十分了解。
  15. The smaller arteries, she speculates, may be occluded earlier in life, leading to heart disease, due to factors such as poorer socioeconomic background and poor nutrition, for instance.
    她推测认为，内径较小的动脉，在诸如糟糕的社会经济状况及营养不良等因素的影响下，可能提前发生闭塞，从而发生心脏疾病。
  16. Mock speculates that car interiors might not be suitably designed for heavy people.
    莫克推测，汽车的内部设计或许不适合于胖人。
  17. Jiang Zhi observes and focuses on this crucial moment and speculates on its effects on people.
    蒋志以敏锐的眼光洞察出并关注这一关键时刻以及深思这一时刻对人的影响。
  18. The Business Insider blog speculates that Zynga will get free ad space on Facebook in return.
    美国科技博客“商业内幕人士”（BusinessInsider）猜测，作为回报，Zynga因此将可在Facebook上获得免费的广告位。
  19. She speculates on the exchange.
    她做证券投机买卖。
  20. Durrington Walls was used for feasts and rituals that celebrated life, while Stonehenge was both a memorial and final resting place for the dead, the archaeologist speculates.
    杜灵顿墙用于节日和庆祝生命，而巨石阵则是缅怀和容留逝者的场所。
  21. Zhang speculates that the mutations change the local structure of the chromosome, interfering with the production of nearby genes.
    基因突变改变了此处染色体结构，影响了附近基因的产生。
  22. To get his shoestrings he speculates in herds of cattle.
    为了需要他的鞋带，他投机在畜牧之中。
  23. He speculates that, for reasons as yet unknown, a mother's immune system takes note of the number of male offspring and that each succeeding male fetus is subjected to increased levels of antibodies.
    他推测，尚不为人知的原因，母体免疫系统可监测男性子代的，并且升高的抗体会每后孕男胎。
  24. He speculates that market reformers at the central bank may be trying to shake up the domestic financial markets.
    他猜测，央行的市场改革派或许在试图提振本国金融市场。
  25. During speculates that the mice in the enhanced cages have "some degree of anxiety" because of living in a larger space and having more fellow mice to deal with.
    During推测，在资源配备充足的笼内老鼠会有“某种程度的焦虑感”，因为生活在这么一个偌大的空间内，需要和更多的同伴相处。
  26. Instead, the eyes might express intensity, he speculates.
    他推测，实际上，眼睛或许能够传递感情的强弱。
  27. Dan Pinkston, a Seoul-based analyst with the International Crisis Group, speculates Washington and Pyongyang may soon reach a verification compromise.
    平克斯顿是“国际危机组织”驻首尔的分析人士。他推测，华盛顿和平壤很快会就核实核清单的问题达成一项妥协性协议。
  28. Gilbert speculates that the reason for this increase of transport rate is the reduction of friction losses by the presence of fine suspended material in the flow.
    吉尔勃特认为输沙率增加的理由，是水流中存在的细悬移泥沙将减少阻力损失。
  29. The group speculates that another symbiont abundant in aphids is compensating for the loss.
    研究人员进一步推测出在蚜虫内还富含另外一种共生体来弥补这种损失。
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