in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 theorise
- VERB 从理论上说明;建立理论
If you theorize that something is true or theorize about it, you develop an abstract idea or set of ideas about something in order to explain it.
- Police are theorizing that the killers may be posing as hitchhikers...
警方推测那些杀手可能会假装成搭便车的人。 - By studying the way people behave, we can theorize about what is going on in their mind.
通过研究人们的行为方式,我们可以从中推断他们内心的想法。