speculates

英 [ˈspekjuleɪts]

美 [ˈspekjuleɪts]

v.  推测; 猜测; 推断; 投机; 做投机买卖
speculate的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 推测;猜测;猜想
  If youspeculateabout 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。
• VERB 投机;做投机买卖
  If someonespeculatesfinancially, 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。