| 词组 | guess |
| 释义 | verb | noun guess1 /ɡes/ verb to try to answer a question or form an opinion when you are not sure whether you will be correctadverbsguess right/correctly The first team to guess correctly wins the game.guess wrong/incorrectly If they guess incorrectly, the other team gets the points.nounsguess the answer You can probably guess the answer to that question.prepositionsguess at sth We can only guess at the cause of the crash.phrasesbe difficult/hard/easy to guess It was difficult to guess his age.let me guess What star sign are you? Let me guess.THESAURUS: guess estimate to try to judge how big, how much, how long etc something is, partly by guessing and partly by calculating: I estimated that the car was travelling at more than 100 miles per hour. | It is difficult to estimate how much it will cost. | The journey took much longer than we had originally estimated. speculate to talk about what you think will happen or has happened, without knowing all the facts or details: I can only speculate about the reasons for their success. | Friends were speculating that the couple might be getting married. put sth at sth informal to guess that the value, cost etc of something is a particular amount, without trying to be exact: Insurers put the cost of repairs at more than $15 million. verb | noun guess2 /ges/ noun an attempt to answer a question or make a judgment when you are not sure whether you will be correctadjectivesa rough guess (=one that is not exact) This is just a rough guess, but I think it would cost about $50.a wild guess (=one made without much thought or information) I made a wild guess and I got the answer right first time.a lucky guess “How did you know?” “It was just a lucky guess.”a good/fair/reasonable guess (=one that is likely to be right) I’m not sure how old she is, but I can make a good guess!sb’s best guess (=one that you think is most likely to be right) My best guess is that it will take around six months.an educated/informed guess (=a guess based on things that you know are correct) Stockbrokers try to make educated guesses as to which stocks will do well.an intelligent guess Analysis of the archaeological site will help us make an intelligent guess as to what it was used for.an inspired guess (=a very good guess that you make suddenly) It’s hard to believe he got that right with just an inspired guess.verbsmake a guess I didn’t know the answer to question 7, so I just had to make a guess.have a guess BrE take a guess AmE Go on, have a guess at how much it cost. | Take a guess. How many people do you think showed up?hazard a guess (=guess something, when you feel very uncertain) No one at this stage is prepared to hazard a guess about the outcome of the elections.phrasesmy guess is (that)... My guess is there won’t be many people there.at a guess BrE (=used when saying that you are making a guess) I’d say the house was built around 1900, at a guess.I’ll give you three guesses (=used when you think it will be easy for someone to guess something) “Where is he?” “I’ll give you three guesses.”your guess is as good as mine (=used when saying you do not know any more than the person you are talking to) “How much will it cost?” “Your guess is as good as mine.” |
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