speculative

1 In the science fiction and speculative fiction genres there are two dimensions, metaphor and reality.

2 While acknowledging “this blurred line we face every day with market forces,” he expressed confidence that the collector’s relationship with Pesce’s art is not speculative.

3 “I would love to take another stab at really smart, speculative sci-fi – my first was a bit of a stumble,” she says with an audible, good-humoured shrug down the line from New York.

4 In 2010, the Syrian-born poet Adonis topped many speculative lists, and instead the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa came away a surprise winner.

5 “Nothing here is speculative,” Jeffrey’s father says with his typical arrogance.

6 It lands uncannily now, since at some point during its gestation, real life caught up with the book’s speculative world.

7 The future is a speculative space into which we project fantasies about ourselves.

8 Curiously, he appears to wear a ceremonial mask, and that is where simple explanations run out of steam and something more speculative has to take over.

9 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。

10 That brought speculative interest back into many commodity prices.

这使得投机兴趣回到很多大宗商品价格上。

11 Tidbits of autofiction, and dashes of speculative fiction are mixed together and seasoned with current events.

12 We always look for books that challenge people's expectations of the speculative and fantastic.

13 “Engaging with the past, while also exploring a space of speculative imagination, Halsey offers us a powerful statement about civic space, social activism, and a reconsideration of the possibilities for architecture and community engagement.”

14 But much that has been presented was speculative or contrived, as was the case with the Oscar-nominated Zero Dark Thirty.

15 Ethical objections to his cavalier experiments or concerns about the purely speculative basis of his dangerous interventions, Ms. Frank seems to think, can safely be set aside.

16 They were questioned by American around the “speculative bookings” that were deemed retroactively fraudulent.

17 It shifts from a sharp work of feminist speculative fiction to a frothy thriller delivered in a fusillade of three-page chapters as though the author herself were wearing a wrist counter.

18 There is a plausible and quite persuasive answer to the second question, which will then lead us to a plausible but more speculative answer to the first.

19 But I say: “Dad, some of the bookings they cited for what they called speculative as evidence in the case were … well … shady.”

20 How important is the speculative aspect of the story to you?

1 好奇的

curious inquiring unjaded

2 冒险性的

sporting

3 推测的

soft presumed stochastic conjectural supposititious suppositious suppositive estimated suppositional factoid presumptive

4 思考的

thoughtful reflective ruminative

5 猜测的

notional

6 纯理论

quodlibetic academic pure abstract theoretical rational notional doctrinaire rationalism Platonic

7 投机

gambling gamble speculate gambly opportunistic aleatory buccaneering cheap-jack adventure venture spec speculation flier plunge sporting throw straddle opportunism go-go punt on spec take a chance venturesome flyer flutter

8 冒险的

risky hazardous heroic wildcat perilous enterprising venturesome

9 推断

presumptive projection speculation inference supposition reason gather suppose speculate infer deduce extrapolate

10 不确定

neutral unclear uncertain contingent doubtful undefined indefinite conjectural dicey unascertained unassured dubitable aoristic uncertainty suspense indeterminacy indeterminism indetermination on the knees of the gods

11 思考

thoughtful reflective ruminative think thought thinking reflection speculation cerebration reason review reflect nurse speculate philosophize

12 推理

theoretical rational inferential ratiocinative logic reasoning inference ratiocination illation reason theorize intellectualize ratiocinate infer

13 纯理论的

quodlibetic academic pure abstract theoretical rational notional doctrinaire Platonic ivy platonic

14 冒险

risky hazardous heroic wildcat perilous enterprising venturesome chance adventure gamble flier riskiness gest emprise venture a leap in the dark in off the deep end stick neck out take risks

15 推断的

presumptive

16 推论

theoretical inferential deduction reasoning corollary syllogism ratiocination eduction reason speculate theorize draw derive deduce educe

17 投机的

gambly opportunistic aleatory buccaneering cheap-jack sporting go-go venturesome

18 不确定的

neutral unclear uncertain contingent doubtful undefined indefinite conjectural dicey unascertained unassured dubitable aoristic on the knees of the gods

19 好奇

curious inquiring unjaded quizzicalness

20 猜测

guess speculation conjecture guesswork surmise supposition imagine divine speculate second-guess guess at notional thumbsuck hypothesis read judge

21 推理的

theoretical rational inferential ratiocinative

22 提供开阔视野的

speculatory

23 思索

thinking speculation cerebration speculate philosophize self-communing think thought ruminate thoughtfulness intellection puzzle study mull ponder brood turn in the mind rumination cerebrate run

24 揣摩

read

25 不可靠的

unsure uncertain slippery insecure unreliable shaky untrustworthy unsound shifty incalculable undependable unauthentic trustless untrusty

26 推测

soft presumed stochastic conjectural supposititious suppositious divining shot guess aim theory projection speculation conjecture reckoning surmise supposition peradventure supposal formbook project suppose presume speculate tell understand imagine gather suspect forecast suppositive estimated suppositional calculation guesswork extrapolation presupposition what-if calculate bet factoid make divine figure out presumptive presumption extrapolate figure collect fathom presuppose

27 不可靠

unsure uncertain slippery insecure unreliable shaky untrustworthy unsound shifty incalculable undependable unauthentic trustless untrusty insecurely inconstantly uncertainty fallibility

28 沉思的

grave absent meditative contemplative musing ruminant

29 冒险性

sporting adventure bravado

30 推论的

theoretical inferential

31 投机生意

speculation

32 沉思

grave absent meditative contemplative musing ruminant study thought thinking reflection meditation think consider reflect chew pore ponder muse meditate brood ruminate cogitate debate contemplate commune with oneself commune with own heart brood over

33 投机性

speculatively

34 试探

put out feelers