speculative

adj.

1. 推测的；猜测的；推断的
   based on guessing or on opinions that have been formed without knowing all the facts
2. 揣摩的；忖度的；试探的
   showing that you are trying to guess sth
   1. She cast a speculative look at Kate.
      她带着疑问的眼神看了凯特一眼。
3. 投机性的；风险性的
   done in the hope of making a profit but involving the risk of losing money

1. ADJ-GRADED (信息)推测性的，猜测性的
   A piece of information that is speculative is based on guesses rather than knowledge.
   1. The papers ran speculative stories about the mysterious disappearance of Eddie Donagan...
      各家报纸都刊登了有关埃迪·多纳根神秘失踪的猜测性报道。
   2. He has written a speculative biography of Christopher Marlowe.
      他写了一篇关于克里斯托弗·马洛的推测性传记。
2. ADJ-GRADED (表情)带着疑问的，好奇的
   Someone who has a speculative expression seems to be trying to guess something about a person or thing.
   1. His mother regarded him with a speculative eye.
      他的母亲用好奇的目光看着他。
3. ADJ 投机性的
   Speculative is used to describe activities which involve buying goods or shares, or buildings and properties, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit.
   1. Thousands of pensioners were persuaded to mortgage their homes to invest in speculative bonds...
      几千名领取养老金的人被劝说用自己的住房作抵押去投资投机性债券。
   2. The King's Reach hotel was built as a speculative venture but never completed.
      金里奇酒店本来是作为一个投机性的风险项目建设的，但一直没有完工。

1. Everyone is hoping that these hi-tech companies will turn out to be the Microsofts of the future. At the moment they look more like the focus of a speculative bubble
   每个人都希望这些高科技公司能成为未来的微软。目前它们看上去更像是投机泡沫的中心。
2. Much of her work is speculative, based on psychoanalytic theory rather than empirical data.
   她的著作中有相当一部分内容是推测性的，建立在精神分析理论之上而缺乏来自实际经验的数据。
3. The papers ran speculative stories about the mysterious disappearance of Eddie Donagan
   各家报纸都刊登了有关埃迪·多纳根神秘失踪的猜测性报道。
4. He has written a speculative biography of Christopher Marlowe.
   他写了一篇关于克里斯托弗·马洛的推测性传记。
5. His mother regarded him with a speculative eye.
   他的母亲用好奇的目光看着他。
6. Thousands of pensioners were persuaded to mortgage their homes to invest in speculative bonds
   几千名领取养老金的人被劝说用自己的住房作抵押去投资投机性债券。
7. The King's Reach hotel was built as a speculative venture but never completed.
   金里奇酒店本来是作为一个投机性的风险项目建设的，但一直没有完工。
8. The speculative buying and selling might be legal or illegal.
   倒买倒卖有合法和非法之分。
9. In this scenario, we need to detect speculative action in a trade system.
   在此场景中，我们需要检测交易系统中的投机行为。
10. Worries about speculative froth are focused on high levels of margin debt in retail trading accounts.
    对投机性泡沫的担忧主要集中在个人交易账户的保证金借款（margindebt）水平过高上。
11. Some rebounded later reflecting, analysts said, fresh waves of speculative capital entering the market.
    随后一些股票出现反弹，分析师称，这反映了投机资金再度进入市场。
12. In 1994, China had bond futures and there were huge speculative bubbles and many people got burnt.
    1994年，中国有债券期货，但出现了巨大的投机泡沫，许多人受了伤。
13. However, speculative futures trading by day traders is posing risks to stock investors by increasing volatility.
    然而，当日交易者进行的投机性期货交易加大了市场波动性，给股票投资者带来了风险。
14. That is a strong explanation for our findings but the others are more speculative and hypothetical.
    我们的发现是强有力的解释，其他人的解释更具推测性和假设性。
15. Budgets and profit forecasts were equally speculative.
    预算和利润预测都同样是推断出来的。
16. The phenomenon of speculative excess has less to do with free markets than with high profits.
    过度投机的现象与其说与自由市场有关，不如说与高利润有关。
17. Stock and commodity market transaction entered into in good faith are speculative contracts and not illegal as wagers.
    股票和商品市场交易进入以诚信是不违法的投机合同以及作为工资。
18. It absorbed the metaphysical doctrines of Yin and Yang found in the I Ching and other speculative metaphysical notions.
    它吸收了形而上的学说贤和阳，在易经和其它投机性的形而上的观念。
19. Speculative inflows surged during this period as investors bet on further renminbi appreciation.
    在那段时间，由于投资者押注人民币将进一步升值，流入中国的投机资本飙升。
20. Many government regulations distinguish between investment and speculative grade securities.
    许多政府监管规定对投资级别和投机级别的证券进行了区分。
21. Their speculative frenzies ruined shareholders, customers, and the economy.
    他们疯狂的投机毁掉了股东，客户和经济。
22. In this setting, there are reports that speculative activity has driven up prices of several food products.
    在这种背景下，有报道说投机性活动推高了几种食品的价格。从长远看持续的货币扩张会推高通胀率也属实。
23. Others blame quantitative easing – either via economic stimulus or by fuelling demand for speculative assets.
    还有些人归咎于定量宽松政策&这一政策要么通过经济刺激，要么通过刺激对投机资产的需求来起到作用。
24. Our forecast of demand for next year can only be speculative.
    我们对明年需求的预计只是估测性的。
25. This distortion of the tax system has greatly fuelled the excess of liquidity channelled into largely speculative financial transactions.
    税收体制的这种扭曲，极大地助长了引导过剩的流动性进入投机性极强的金融交易。
26. This alter ego believes that many economic problems would be solved by creating new speculative markets.
    另一个“希勒”相信，许多经济问题可以通过创造新的投机市场解决。
27. The real problem is capital controls, which prevent speculative portfolio flows.
    真正的问题在于内地的资本管制，这阻止了投机性资金的流动。
28. But that is what I like to do, speculative experiments.
    但是，这就是我喜欢做的，投机性实验。
29. This arrangement is more common with speculative securities and with new companies.
    这种组织形式在投机性强的股票和新公司发行中应用较多。
30. You agree that you will not use the site to make false or fraudulent or speculative reservations or purchases.
    您同意，您将不使用虚假或欺诈性或投机性的方式或方法进行预订或购买。

adj

1. showing curiosity
   1. if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive
   2. raised a speculative eyebrow

   Synonym:    inquisitivequestioningwondering(a)

2. not based on fact or investigation
   1. a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs
   2. speculative knowledge

   Synonym:    notional

3. not financially safe or secure
   1. a bad investment
   2. high risk investments
   3. anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
   4. speculative business enterprises

   Synonym:    badriskyhigh-risk