speculation

noun

1. 推测；猜测；推断
   the act of forming opinions about what has happened or what might happen without knowing all the facts
   1. There was widespread speculation that she was going to resign.
      人们纷纷推测她将辞职。
   2. His private life is the subject of much speculation.
      他的私生活引起诸多猜测。
   3. Today's announcement ends months of speculation about the company's future.
      今天的声明使得几个月来关于公司未来的种种猜测就此烟消云散。
   4. She dismissed the newspaper reports as pure speculation .
      她说报纸上的报道毫无根据，纯属臆断。
   5. Our speculations proved right.
      事实证明，我们的推断是对的。
2. 投机买卖；炒股
   the activity of buying and selling goods or shares in a company in the hope of making a profit, but with the risk of losing money

1. VERB 推测;猜测;猜想
   If you speculate about 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。
2. VERB 投机;做投机买卖
   If someone speculates financially, 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。

1. In answer to speculation that she wouldn't finish the race, she boldly declared her intention of winning it.
   为了回应她会中途退赛的猜测，她大胆地宣布她要赢得这场比赛。
2. Oil speculation proved a natural arena for his skills.
   在石油业中进行投机活动对他来说游刃有余。
3. Speculation centred on a likely bid price of 380p a share.
   大多数人猜测买方出价可能为每股380便士。
4. This has fuelled speculation that he is about to clinch a deal with an American engine manufacturer.
   这更增添了人们对他即将和美国的一家发动机制造商达成协议的猜测。
5. Some stockbrokers, in collusion with bank officials, obtained large sums of money for speculation.
   一些股票经纪人和银行职员串通一气，通过炒买炒卖赚了不少钱。
6. We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment
   这种猜测不值得我们作任何评论。
7. Mr Wakeham dismissed the reports as speculation
   韦克厄姆先生把这些报道当作臆测而不予考虑。
8. His equivocal response has done nothing to dampen the speculation.
   他模棱两可的回应丝毫没有消除人们的猜疑。
9. The result will inevitably fuel speculation about the Prime Minister's future
   这一结果将不可避免地加剧人们对首相未来的揣测。
10. The group's problems have led to speculation that heads will roll.
    已经有人猜测，该集团的问题会导致一些人被解雇。
11. Recently the speculation has reached new heights
    最近猜测又升级了。
12. The report was based on rumours, speculation, and innuendo.
    这份报告建立在谣言、臆断和含沙射影的基础之上。
13. There was intense speculation 18 months ago that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament.
    18个月前，人们普遍猜测前外交大臣可能会空降至苏格兰议会。
14. Speculation is rife that he will be sacked
    人们纷纷猜测他会被解雇。
15. The picture gave rise to speculation that the three were still alive and being held captive.
    这张照片让人们猜测这3个人还活着，而且被囚禁起来了。
16. If he attended a party without his wife, it set off a storm of speculation.
    如果他没和妻子一块儿出席宴会，便会招致各种猜测满天飞。
17. There has been much speculation that America might be siding with the rebels
    有很多猜测认为美国会支持叛乱者。
18. It triggered broad speculation that GM and Jaguar might be talking.
    这引发了人们对通用公司和捷豹公司可能在进行磋商的大量猜测。
19. I am tired of all the speculation
    我厌烦了所有的推测。
20. Every induction is a speculation.
    所有归纳推理都是一种猜测。
21. He ventured his fortune in a speculation.
    他拿他的大宗财产做投机生意。
22. He made his money in property speculation.
    他靠房地产投机发了财。
23. He ventured on a rash speculation.
    他进行鲁莽的投机。
24. Goldman analysts downgraded the region in November because of significant stock run-ups, signs of speculation and possible policy tightening to curb inflation.
    11月份的时候，高盛分析师对中国股市进行了降级处理，因为重要的股票起伏不定，有消息称国家将出台政策抑制通货膨胀。
25. But this is only speculation.
    但是这仅仅是个猜测。
26. We also have the problem of financial speculation.
    我们面临的另一个问题是金融投机。
27. Cheap money and negative real interest rates lead over time to frothy speculation and inflation.
    随着时间推移，廉价货币和负的实际利率导致带来泡沫的投机和通货膨胀。
28. As a matter of fact, this was purely newspaper gossip and speculation.
    事实上，这纯粹是报纸上的闲谈和推测。
29. The move is an attempt to curb the rise in house prices and speculation in the property market.
    这一举措主要是为了控制房价的上涨和房地产市场的投机行为。
30. Chinese media have published occasional comments from officials and academics blaming foreign speculation for creating a property bubble.
    中国媒体报道了多位官员和学者偶尔发表的一些评论，他们指责外资炒作制造了房地产泡沫。

noun

1. continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
   1. the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge

   Synonym:    meditation

2. a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)
   1. speculations about the outcome of the election
   2. he dismissed it as mere conjecture

   Synonym:    conjecture

3. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

   Synonym:    guessconjecturesuppositionsurmisesurmisalhypothesis

4. an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
   1. he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it

   Synonym:    venture