guess
verb[IorT]
uk/ɡes/us/ɡes/A2
to give ananswerto aparticularquestionwhen you do not have all thefactsand so cannot becertainif you arecorrect:
猜测，推测，估计I didn'tknowtheanswer, so I had to guess.我不知道答案，所以只好猜了。
On the lastquestion, she guessedright/wrong.最后一道题她猜对／错了。
[+ question word]Guesswhenthis wasbuilt.猜一猜这是什么时候建造的。
[+ (that)]I guessed(that)she wasyoursister.我猜她是你妹妹。
Sheaskedme to guess herage.她让我猜她的年龄。
I guessed thetotalamountto beabout £50,000.我估计总额约为5万英镑。
to guess
- guessGuess who called yesterday?
- estimateThey estimate that the work will take at least ten weeks.
- divineMum had divined my state of mind rather shrewdly.
- surmiseFrom the expression on his face, she surmised that something bad had happened.
- conjectureIt would be reasonable to conjecture that lack of exercise contributed to his obesity.
- speculateA spokesperson declined to speculate on the cause of the plane crash.
A2
to give thecorrectansweror make thecorrectjudgment:
猜中，猜对，猜到[+ question word]Ibetyou can't guesshowoldhe is.我打赌你猜不出他多大了。
She guessed theansweron her firsttry.她第一次就猜中了答案。
"You have a newjob, don't you?" "Yes, how did you guess?"“你换新工作了，是不是？”“对呀，你怎么猜出来的？”
guess what?A2informal
used beforetellingsomeone somethinginterestingorsurprising:
（用来告诉某人有趣或令人惊奇的事情）你猜怎么着?Guess what? Wewonthegame4–0.你猜怎么着？我们4比0赢了比赛。
I guessB1informal
used when youbelievesomething istrueorlikelybut are notcertain:
（表示没有把握）我想，我认为[+ (that)]I guess(that)things areprettyhard for you now.我想你现在的日子很不好过吧。
- I'm never going to guess theanswerif you don't give me aclue.
- Shepresentssuch acheerfulfrontthat you'd never guess she'sill.
- From herslow,deliberatespeechI guessed she must bedrunk.
- Noprizesfor guessing where Daniel is.
- She gave thepresentaquicksqueezeandtriedto guess what was inside.
Guessing, supposing and suspecting
- approximate
- as muchidiom
- conjecture
- consider
- deem
- draw
- fall
- hazard
- hypothesize
- imagine
- jump
- jump to conclusionsidiom
- mark
- marksomeonedown assomething
- misjudge
- presumptive
- presuppose
- speculate
- surmise
- think ofsomething
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Imagining and conceiving
Linguistics: interjections
Idiom
keepsomeoneguessing
Phrasal verb
guess atsomething
guess
noun[C]
uk/ɡes/us/ɡes/B1
anattemptto give therightanswerwhen you are notcertainif you arecorrect:
猜测，推测Go on -have/makea guess.来啊——猜一猜嘛。
Bothteamsmade somewildguesses(= made without muchthought), none of which wereright.两个队都是瞎猜一通，没有一个猜对的。
someone'sopinionabout something that isformedwithout anyknowledgeof thesituation:
猜想"Iwonderwhy she's not here." "My guess is that hercarhasbrokendown."“我纳闷她为什么不在这儿。”“我猜她的车抛锚了吧。”
be anyone's guess
If apieceofinformationis anyone's guess, no oneknowsit:
谁也不知道，谁也拿不准"So what's going tohappennow?" "That's anyone's guess."“那现在又会发生甚么呢？”“那谁知道。”
- Bothteamsmade somewildguesses , none of which wereright.
- I wouldn't like tohazarda guess.
- That was aninspiredguess.
- This is only aroughguess.
- That's mybestguess but I could well bewrong.
Guesses and assumptions
- a shot in the darkidiom
- approximation
- assumption
- bet
- conjecture
- counterfactual
- educated guess
- estimate
- misestimation
- overestimate
- overestimation
- preception
- preconception
- proposition
- re-estimate
- sneaking
- speculation
- speculatively
- supposition
- suspicion
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Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
Idiom
your guess is as good as mine