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单词 speculative
释义
speculative
adjective
uk
/ˈspek.jə.lə.tɪv/us
/ˈspek.jə.lə.t̬ɪv/

speculativeadjective(GUESS)

basedon aguessand not oninformation:
猜测的；推测的，推断的
Thearticlewasdismissedashighlyspeculative.该文被斥为纯属臆测。
bizarreand speculativetheories
More examples
  • Histheoryis too speculative for most of hiscolleaguestoacceptat thispoint.
  • Thistypeofpollingis lessscientificand more speculative.
  • Thenumbersare high, but they'repurelyspeculative.
  • There is another speculative butintriguingexplanation.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Guesses and assumptions
  • a shot in the darkidiom
  • approximation
  • assumption
  • bet
  • conjecture
  • counterfactual
  • educated guess
  • estimate
  • guess
  • misestimation
  • overestimate
  • overestimation
  • preception
  • preconception
  • proposition
  • re-estimate
  • sneaking
  • speculation
  • speculatively
  • supposition
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speculativeadjective(TRADE)

boughtor done inorderto make aprofitin thefuture:
投机性的，投机买卖的
Theofficeblockwasbuiltas a speculativeventure.这栋写字楼的建造是一桩投机生意。
Some of thesebuyersare speculativeinvestors.
More examples
  • This is anaggressive, speculativemarket.
  • Mostoiltradesare speculative and do notresultinphysicaldeliveryofoil.
  • After twodecadesofsustainedeconomicgrowthand speculativeresidentialbuilding,placesthat wereoncefarmsandwoodlandhave beentransformed.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stock markets
  • algo
  • anti-city
  • anti-dilution
  • anti-speculation
  • anti-speculative
  • bearish
  • bond
  • bull
  • bull market
  • non-controlling
  • non-convertible
  • non-cumulative
  • non-directional
  • non-discretionary
  • payback period
  • rogue trader
  • stockbroker
  • stockholder
  • strip
  • the Big Board
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Profits & losses

speculativeadjective(JOB)

done orsentin thehopeof getting ajobwith acompanyalthoughnojobhas beenadvertised:
If youknowwhere you'd really like towork, don't beafraidof making a speculativeapplication.
Send a speculative CV to Human Resources.
More examples
  • Manyemployersencouragespeculativeapplicationsthroughtheirwebsites.
  • Thesurveyfoundthat 78% ofFrenchemployersrecruitfrom speculativeapplications,comparedwith just 64% whoadvertisein thepress.
  • You should besendingout speculativeletters,networking, andsearchingthewebas well ascheckingjobads.
  • Herbigbreakwas a speculativeletterto theeditorof themagazine.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Applying for a job
  • acquihire
  • advertisement
  • anoint
  • anointed
  • applicant
  • assign
  • elect
  • get in
  • go intosomething
  • golden hello
  • goonda
  • handpicked
  • nomination
  • prospect
  • relocation expenses
  • resume
  • retain
  • rope
  • self-constituted
  • testimonial
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Related word

speculatively
(Definition ofspeculativefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
speculative
adjective
uk
/ˈspek.jə.lə.tɪv/us
/ˈspek.jə.lə.t̬ɪv/

speculativeadjective(GUESS)

basedon aguessand not oninformation
猜测的；推测的，推断的
Thearticlewasdismissedashighlyspeculative.该文被斥为纯属臆测。

speculativeadjective(TRADE)

boughtor done inorderto make aprofitin thefuture
投机性的，投机买卖的
Theofficeblockwasbuiltas a speculativeventure.这栋写字楼的建造是一桩投机生意。

speculative| American Dictionary

speculative
adjective
us
/ˈspek·jə·lə·t̬ɪv/

speculativeadjective(DONE FOR PROFIT)

boughtor done inorderto make aprofitin thefuture:
a speculativeventure

speculativeadjective(BASED ON GUESS)

basedon aguessand not oninformation:
Ourforecastfor nextyearis speculative.
(Definition ofspeculativefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

speculative| Business English

speculative
adjective
uk
/ˈspekjələtɪv/us
basedon aguessand not oninformation:
Theideathat amergerof thiskindwouldevertakeplaceispurelyspeculative.
highly/overlyspeculative
FINANCE
done inorderto make aprofiteventhough there isriskthat you maylosemoney:
We shouldrememberthat asignof the end of the firstbubblewas alargenumberofhighlyspeculativetransactions.
Companysharesadvanced6p to 34p onspeculativebuying.
News of thesaleledtoconsiderablespeculativeactivityon theexchange.
FINANCE
a speculativeinvestoriswillingtoaccepta highlevelofriskin thehopeof making aprofit:
Thisstockshould only beconsideredby the speculativeinvestor.
(Definition ofspeculativefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspeculative

speculative
Thereafter, they become progressively rounder and broader for each succeeding year as the work of estimating costs becomes more difficult and hence morespeculative.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The prolongedspeculativepressure against the dollar in the final stages of the adjustable peg system indicated there was an oversupply of this currency.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Money is demanded both to finance day-to-day transactions and as an asset, perhaps being part of an individual's or firm'sspeculativeactivity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the first issue, the editor avowed 'a bias for what is established and recognised, as contra distinguished from what isspeculativeor unauthorised'.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thespeculativeoffice, almost by definition, provides generic space, in contrast to the highly specific and determined space that one finds in most housing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One is called thespeculativeintellect, and its aim is to understand things universally.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Finally, although this article isspeculative, we hope that it might encourage others to develop more sophisticated models of what are fascinating biological phenomena!
From theCambridge English Corpus
Further research will have to test thesespeculativeassumptions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, without information on friends' antisocial behavior prior to age 10, this remainsspeculative.
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At the present time, these ideas must be consideredspeculative.
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Althoughspeculative, such models could help to explain the developmental significance of involved, autonomy-supportive parental styles discussed earlier.
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Such spin-offs from the parent dictionary are, for the moment, purelyspeculative.
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The second half of the book, interpretative as it is, is both more suggestive and morespeculative.
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In such an admittedlyspeculativescenario, it would be island-non-island comparisons that would be expected to produce distinctive elite -non-elite ar tifact distributions.
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No less revealing was die supposedly sober businessman's readiness to enter the highly dangerous andspeculativeworld of piracy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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