一、详细释义：


v.

[peculate (about/on sth)]猜测，推断，推测 [I]


例句：

He did not speculate on who would get the prize.

他没有去猜测谁将得奖。


例句：

He began to speculate about the future.

他开始思索未来。


投机，做投机买卖 [I]


例句：

He likes to speculate on the stock market.

他喜欢炒股。


例句：

It's dangerous to speculate.

做投机买卖是很危险的。


二、词义辨析：


think,deliberate,meditate,muse,reason,reflect,speculate

这些动词均有“思考、判断、思索”之意。 think一般用词，指开动脑筋形成看法或得出结论的脑力活动。不着重结论是否正确，见解是否有用。 deliberate指缓慢、按部就班地作仔细而认真的思考或判断。 meditate语气较强，指认真地长时间集中精力进行思考。 muse通常指漫无目的地猜想。 reason指根据资料、证据或事实进行推断，作出结论或判断的逻辑思维活动。 reflect指回想或回顾，侧重认真而冷静地反复地思考某个问题，尤指对已发生事情的思索。 speculate指推论过程，隐含在证据不足的基础上作出推测或设想。


三、参考例句：


He began to speculate about the future.

他开始思索未来。


He began to speculate about the future.

他开始思索未来。


He did not speculate on who would get the prize.

他没有猜测谁能得奖。


I can only speculate that he left willingly.

我看他一定是自愿走的。


He likes to speculate on the stock market.

他喜欢炒股。


It's always hard to speculate about the future.

想要预测未来总是非常困难。


Would you speculate on the President's energy policy?

可否请你推测一下总统的能源政策？


The more people who speculate, the better. The more human-to-human connections, the better.

如果更多的人进行思索，更多的人能够互相沟通，这无疑更好。


I wouldn't like to speculate on the reasons for her resignation.

我不愿意猜测她辞职的原因.


This detective story is boring, because you can speculate the ending in the beginning.

这个侦探故事很没意思，因为刚开始看你能推测出它的结局。