speculate
英['spekjʊleɪt]
美['spɛkjə'let]
英英释意
- 1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
- "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
- 2. talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion;
- "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"
- 3. reflect deeply on a subject;
- "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
- "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
- "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
- 4. invest at a risk;
- "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"