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speculate verb ADVERB | VERB + SPECULATE | PREPOSITION ADVERBopenly, publicly 公开推测◆Commentators are openly speculating on whether the accusation is false.评论家们公开推测这一指控是不是诬告。widely 广泛推测wildly 不着边际地推测◆The British press speculated wildly about his disappearance.对于他的失踪，英国报刊给出了各种各样不着边际的推测。VERB + SPECULATEcan only 只能推测be free to, feel free to 随意推测◆Both sides are free to speculate on the other's motives.双方可以随意推测对方的动机。decline to, refuse to 拒绝推测be interesting to, be tempting to 推测一下会很有趣；令人很想推测一下be possible to, be reasonable to 有可能／有理由推测⋯◆It would seem entirely reasonable to speculate that tribal loyalties influenced the outcome of the election.对部落的效忠精神影响了选举结果，这一推测很有道理。be premature to 推测⋯过早◆It would be premature to speculate as to the outcome at this stage.这个时候就推测结果还为时尚早。be difficult to 很难推测PREPOSITIONabout 推测⋯◆There was no point in speculating about the possibility of them getting back together.推测他们是否会重归于好毫无意义。as to 推测关于⋯◆We can only speculate as to this man's identity.对于这名男子的身份我们只能猜测。on, upon 对⋯进行推测◆He refused to speculate on her reasons for leaving.他不想去猜测她离开的原因。 |