speculating
present participle ofspeculate
| 单词 | speculating |
| 释义 | speculating present participle ofspeculate speculate verb[I] uk/ˈspek.jə.leɪt/us/ˈspek.jə.leɪt/speculateverb[I](GUESS)C2 toguesspossibleanswersto aquestionwhen you do not have enoughinformationto becertain: I don'tknowwhy she did it - I'm just speculating. Aspokespersondeclinedto speculateonthecauseof thetraincrash. Journalists are speculatingaboutwhetherinterestrateswill becut. [+ that]Thenewspapershave speculatedthatthey will getmarriednextyear. to guess
Guessing, supposing and suspecting
speculateverb[I](TRADE)tobuyandsellin thehopethat thevalueof what youbuywillincreaseand that it can then besoldat ahigherpriceinorderto make aprofit: He made hismoneyspeculatingonthe Londongoldandsilvermarkets. Thecompanyhas been speculatinginpropertyforyears. Investing money
Examplesofspeculatingspeculating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. However, only when results are based on adequately powered samples, is it worthspeculatingfurther about possible mechanisms. From theCambridge English Corpus And the theoretician is left with the less-than-enviable task ofspeculatingabout why decision games with human subjects might generate too much cooperation. From theCambridge English Corpus Historians are on firmer ground reconstructing and analyzing past events than they arespeculatingabout what might have happened. From theCambridge English Corpus However, we will not refrain fromspeculatingover what may constitute an original contribution to urban planning theory. From theCambridge English Corpus He acknowledges this problem in his conclusion withoutspeculatingon the potential implications of his well-suppor ted thesis. From theCambridge English Corpus For any cautious scholar, this kind ofspeculatingappears reckless. From theCambridge English Corpus This research project is framed by the broad question of evaluating andspeculatingupon the role of representation in architecture. From theCambridge English Corpus To put it in context with the rest, they conclude byspeculatingabout the future of the conference and its role in the agents community. From theCambridge English Corpus They conclude byspeculatingon the reasons for recitation being the main mode of classroom interaction, and how dialog ic discourse can be encouraged. From theCambridge English Corpus As a first step, the quadratic relationship of the fluorescence intensity versus excitation power has to be demonstrated beforespeculatingon the fluorescence signal. From theCambridge English Corpus It is worthspeculatingthat the presence of these wellestablished understandings could have a bearing upon the outcome of pressures towards social differentiation. From theCambridge English Corpus The continuing absence of hard evidence on this matter has not prevented researchers fromspeculating. From theCambridge English Corpus As with many attempts to explain, rather than just describe, occurrences in language, we riskspeculatingabout the causes of processes. From theCambridge English Corpus One is leftspeculatingas to the representativeness of the case studies and the number of cases which actually involved a mufti^. From theCambridge English Corpus However, some few cases may be so subtle that not only are they hard to find, butspeculatingon intentionality proves difficult. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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