speculative

speculative音标

英 [ˈspekjələtɪv]

美 [ˈspɛkjulətɪv, -ˌle-]

speculative基本释义

adj.推测的；推理的；思索的；投机的

speculative用法及例句

adj.(形容词)

推测的

思索的

投机的

纯理论的

好投机的

非实用性的

冒险性的

不确定的

揣摩的

忖度的

试探的

推理的

冒险的

猜测的

推断的

思辨的

投机（性质）的

冒风险的

n.(名词)

思考

思索

投机

adj

1. showing curiosity

e.g. if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitiveraised a speculative eyebrow

Synonym: inquisitivequestioningwondering(a)

2. not based on fact or investigation

e.g. a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costsspeculative knowledge

Synonym: notional

3. not financially safe or secure

e.g. a bad investmenthigh risk investmentsanything that promises to pay too much can't help being riskyspeculative business enterprises

Synonym: badriskyhigh-risk

1. (信息)推测性的，猜测性的A piece of information that is speculative is based on guesses rather than knowledge.

e.g. 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。e.g. He has written a speculative biography of Christopher Marlowe.他写了一篇关于克里斯托弗·马洛的推测性传记。

2. (表情)带着疑问的，好奇的Someone who has a speculative expression seems to be trying to guess something about a person or thing.

e.g. His mother regarded him with a speculative eye.他的母亲用好奇的目光看着他。

speculativelyI caught her eyes on me speculatively. I imagined she was wondering about my relationship with Max.我注意到她用带着疑问的眼神看着我。我猜她在想我和马克斯是什么关系。

3. 投机性的Speculative is used to describe activities which involve buying goods or shares, or buildings and properties, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit.

e.g. Thousands of pensioners were persuaded to mortgage their homes to invest in speculative bonds...几千名领取养老金的人被劝说用自己的住房作抵押去投资投机性债券。e.g. The King's Reach hotel was built as a speculative venture but never completed.金里奇酒店本来是作为一个投机性的风险项目建设的，但一直没有完工。

1. 推测：例如:在论述论文选题应避免太宽泛(broad)、乏味(bland)和主观推测(speculative)时,都用具体选题例句进行比较,读者看后一目了然. 又如,在谈到文稿格式时,提供了电子邮件(E-mail)、简历(resume)、求职信(application letter)、论文(researchpaper)等范文供读者参考.

Philosophy must have a practical..as well as a theoretical or speculative side.

出自：Coleridge

All this is speculative,..a dubious guess.

出自：C. P. Snow

His..speculative eyes, the eyebrows raised in a perpetual questioning.

出自：N. Sherry

近义词

临近词

experimental实验的

conjectural推测的

mental思想的

bad坏的

uncertain不确定的

hypothetical假设的

provisional暂时的

pure纯的

rough粗糙的

approximate近似的

exploratory勘探的

notional想像的

risky危险的

wondering觉得奇怪的

questioning质问

closet壁橱

high-risk高风险的

dangerous危险的

tentative不确定的

theoretical理论上的

abstract抽象的

thinking思考

unpredictable不可预知的

academic学院的

inquisitive好奇的

dicey不确定的

speculative bill

speculative motive

speculative logic

speculation

speculative boom

speculatively

speculative mood

speculative trade

speculator

speculative risk

speculative stock

speculativeness

相关列句

Speculative housing must be available.(投机房一定是空房。)

If so, they may obtain speculative gains.(这样的话，它们就有可能获得投机性收益。)

Was it the result of deregulation, speculative excess and greed?(金融危机是管制缺失，投机过度和贪婪的结果吗？)

This idea is extremely speculative. No evidence yet exists.(该观点纯属推测，还没任何证据。)

They often follow speculative stock market bubbles.(股市崩溃往往尾随投机性股市泡沫而来。)

Objections: 1 the genetic part of the theory is speculative.(反对：1基因的部分理论是投机性的。)

But this is as speculative as Fenner's gloomy forecast.(但是，这和芬纳悲观的预测一样都是推测性的。)

In speculative philosophy and the sciences, the Romans made virtually no advance on early achievements.(在思辨哲学和科学方面，罗马人在早期成就上几乎没有进步。)

Precious metals can't be both safe havens and speculative plays.(贵重金属无法在保持平稳的同时，又能具备娱乐的功能。)

Even before the invention of the electric light bulb, the author produced a remarkable work of speculative fiction.(甚至在电灯泡发明之前，作者就创作了一部杰出的推理小说。)