speculate

1 Her hostess might be speculating, resignedly on the cause of her delay.

她的女主人一定在那里不耐烦地猜测她为什么还不回来.

2 “How do I know? I told you he might have speculated. Somebody might have put him onto a good thing there in Washington.”

3 To get the attention off me, I start speculating about her.

4 One can only speculate on what thought and feelings went streaking through the conscience of James Madison after the fleeting moment passed.

5 Many people are now speculating whether we will demolish the Memorial Hall.

现在世界上都在猜测我们要毁掉纪念堂.

6 Feral cats in the region could be eating eggs and young iguanas, Gentile speculates.

这一区域的野猫可能正在吃鬣蜥蛋及其幼崽, 金泰尔猜测.

7 Newspapers carry headlines speculating about who might back his bid.

报纸的头版头条推测谁会是他的支持者.

8 Archeologists speculate artists created the animal images to guarantee a successful hunt.

9 One can either hedge or speculate in the spot market for foreign exchange.

人们可以在即期外汇市场上进行套期保值或投机.

10 Equally some art experts speculate that many genuine Canalettos have yet to be unearthed.

同样地,一些艺术专家推测卡纳莱托的许多真作还未被发现.

11 Newscasters speculated about the president's game plan for an invasion.

新闻评论员竞相猜测总统对实施入侵的策略.

12 But although he speculated that the atom was mostly empty space rather than a homogenous mass speckled with charged nuggets, he had not yet conceived an alternative model.

13 It was not long before the sisters made a fortune speculating in the gold market.

14 We don't know what happened—we can only speculate.

15 This poor record of achievement has led scholars to speculate that the internal structure of the brains of these Sapiens was probably different from ours.

16 A butler overheard the president speculating on what he’d do if Japanese forces advanced as far as Chicago.

17 But what is the sense in forever speculating what might have happened had such and such a moment turned out differently?

18 She amassed a fortune by speculating on the stock exchange.

她透过在股票交易投机上积累了一笔财富.

19 He had been speculating in gold shares though he didn't earn much from it.

他一直在做黄金股票的投机生意,尽管他没有从中挣到大钱.

20 I realized suddenly that the slaves in the cookhouse had not been speculating idly about the possibility of being sold.

1 猜测

notional guess speculation guesswork conjecture read surmise conjectural shot divination a long shot lay odds hypothesis collect speculative supposition imagine divine second-guess guess at thumbsuck judge call theory gather

2 深思

reflective why reflect meditate chew the cud

3 设想

if perhaps conception presumption conjecture imagine conceive presume shape assume suppose fancy reconstruct envisage ween

4 默想

musing ruminative museful musingly reflection rumination contemplate

5 思索

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

6 投机

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

7 推断

projection speculation inference corollary project reason understand infer deduce extrapolate speculative presumptive supposition gather suppose

8 思考

excogitative thoughtful reflective think sense thought debate consideration thinking reflection speculation deliberation cogitation intellection cerebration huddle bethink cerebrate ideate consider meditate spell over bite on speculative ruminative reason review reflect nurse philosophize

9 推测

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

10 孤注一掷

desperate flyer nap go nap go for broke have all eggs in one basket sink or swim

11 沈思

speculation be lost in thought

12 沉思

thoughtful meditative wistful broody pensive ruminant museful study meditation speculation melancholy commune musing reverie contemplate pore muse meditate brood amuse ponder ruminate chew contemplative brooding contemplation cogitate run over reflection rumination reflect incubate

13 推论

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

14 考虑

ponderation attention thought consideration scruple deem consider entertain digest look think allow view dream reflect debate consult deliberate ponder give thought to chew over take thought take on board think on take account of chew on