speculative

英 [ˈspekjələtɪv]

美 [ˈspekjələtɪv]

adj.  推测的; 猜测的; 推断的; 揣摩的; 忖度的; 试探的; 投机性的; 风险性的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 推测的；猜测的；推断的
  based on guessing or on opinions that have been formed without knowing all the facts
• 揣摩的；忖度的；试探的
  showing that you are trying to guess sth
  1. She cast a speculative look at Kate.
     她带着疑问的眼神看了凯特一眼。
• 投机性的；风险性的
  done in the hope of making a profit but involving the risk of losing money

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (信息)推测性的，猜测性的
  A piece of information that isspeculativeis based on guesses rather than knowledge.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED (表情)带着疑问的，好奇的
  Someone who has aspeculativeexpression seems to be trying to guess something about a person or thing.
  1. His mother regarded him with a speculative eye.
     他的母亲用好奇的目光看着他。
• ADJ 投机性的
  Speculativeis 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• showing curiosity
  1. if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive
  2. raised a speculative eyebrow
  Synonym:inquisitivequestioningwondering(a)
• not based on fact or investigation
  1. a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs
  2. speculative knowledge
  Synonym:notional
• not financially safe or secure
  1. a bad investment
  2. high risk investments
  3. anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
  4. speculative business enterprises
  Synonym:badriskyhigh-risk

双语例句

• Budgets and profit forecasts were equally speculative.
  预算和利润预测都同样是推断出来的。
• The real problem is capital controls, which prevent speculative portfolio flows.
  真正的问题在于内地的资本管制，这阻止了投机性资金的流动。
• In this setting, there are reports that speculative activity has driven up prices of several food products.
  在这种背景下，有报道说投机性活动推高了几种食品的价格。从长远看持续的货币扩张会推高通胀率也属实。
• This distortion of the tax system has greatly fuelled the excess of liquidity channelled into largely speculative financial transactions.
  税收体制的这种扭曲，极大地助长了引导过剩的流动性进入投机性极强的金融交易。
• 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。
• Some rebounded later reflecting, analysts said, fresh waves of speculative capital entering the market.
  随后一些股票出现反弹，分析师称，这反映了投机资金再度进入市场。
• This arrangement is more common with speculative securities and with new companies.
  这种组织形式在投机性强的股票和新公司发行中应用较多。
• Much of her work is speculative, based on psychoanalytic theory rather than empirical data.
  她的著作中有相当一部分内容是推测性的，建立在精神分析理论之上而缺乏来自实际经验的数据。
• Our forecast of demand for next year can only be speculative.
  我们对明年需求的预计只是估测性的。
• Worries about speculative froth are focused on high levels of margin debt in retail trading accounts.
  对投机性泡沫的担忧主要集中在个人交易账户的保证金借款（margindebt）水平过高上。