speculation

英[,spekj?'le??n] 美[,sp?kju'le??n]

反義詞

復(fù)數(shù):?speculations;

speculation 推測，猜測，投機，炒股

speculate,推測，猜測，投機，炒股，-ion,名詞后綴。

speculation (n.): late 14c., "intelligent contemplation, consideration; act of looking," from Old French speculacion "close observation, rapt attention," and directly from Late Latin speculationem (nominative speculatio) "contemplation, observation," noun of action from Latin speculatus, past participle of speculari "observe," from specere "to look at, view" (see scope (n.1)).

Meaning "pursuit of the truth by means of thinking" is from mid-15c. Disparaging sense of "mere conjecture" is recorded from 1570s. Meaning "buying and selling in search of profit from rise and fall of market value" is recorded from 1774; short form spec is attested from 1794.

1. Speculation centred on a likely bid price of 380p a share.: 大多數(shù)人猜測買方出價可能為每股380便士。

2. The group's problems have led to speculation that heads will roll.: 已經(jīng)有人猜測，該集團的問題會導(dǎo)致一些人被解雇。

3. Oil speculation proved a natural arena for his skills.: 在石油業(yè)中進行投機活動對他來說游刃有余。

4. It triggered broad speculation that GM and Jaguar might be talking.: 這引發(fā)了人們對通用公司和捷豹公司可能在進行磋商的大量猜測.

5. We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment.: 這種猜測不值得我們作任何評論。