the act of forming opinions about what has happened or what might happen without knowing all the facts 推测;猜测;推断 His private life is the subject of much speculation. 他的私生活引起诸多猜测。 - speculation that…
There was widespread speculation that she was going to resign. 人们纷纷推测她将辞职。 - speculation about something
Today's announcement ends months of speculation about the company's future. 今天的声明使得几个月来关于公司未来的种种猜测就此烟消云散。 - speculation over something
The president’s absence led to speculation over his health. 总统的缺席导致了对他健康状况的猜测。 She dismissed the newspaper reports as pure speculation. 她说报纸上的报道毫无根据,纯属臆断。 Our speculations proved right. 事实证明,我们的推断是对的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2, Doubt, guessing and certaintyb2He was dropped from the team amid speculation that he was sick. 在一片他患了病的猜测中,他被队里除名了。 Much speculation surrounds his role in the crisis. 关于他在这场危机中的角色有诸多猜测。 Speculation is mounting that a new tax will be introduced. 越来越多的人猜测新税就要开征了。 Speculation was rife as to who would be chosen as a successor. 至于谁将成为继任者,各种猜测很多。 Speculation was rife as to whom the prince might marry. 大家都在推测王子会娶谁。 There has been a lot of speculation linking the defender with a move to Chelsea. 许多人猜测这名后卫将转会到切尔西。 There has been increasing speculation over the company's future. 对于该企业的未来有越来越多的猜测。 There was wild speculation among the students as to the reason for cancelling the lecture. 关于取消讲座的原因,学生有各种各样的猜测。 This is just speculation on my part. 这只是我的推测。 This issue has attracted a great deal of speculation among economists. 这个问题引起了经济学家的许多猜测。 Whether or not he will get the job is mere speculation. 他到底能否得到这份工作只是推测而已。 With a lack of credible answers, speculation is running rampant. 因为缺少有说服力的解释,人们众说纷纭。 amateur speculation based on questionable assumptions 基于站不住脚的假设所作的外行的推测 Speculation was rife that he was having an affair. 很多人猜测他有外遇。 The visit fuelled speculation about a major arms deal between the two countries. 这次访问引发了对两国间一项重大武器交易的猜测。 There has been intense media speculation over the past few days. 过去几天,媒体一直在激烈猜测。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- intense
- much
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- cause
- encourage
- fuel
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- be rife
- run rampant
- grow
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- amid speculation
- speculation among
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- a matter for speculation
- a matter of speculation
- a subject of speculation
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- speculation (in something)
the activity of buying and selling goods or shares in a company in the hope of making a profit, but with the risk of losing money 投机买卖;炒股 speculation in oil 石油投机 speculation against the euro 针对欧元的投机 speculation on the stock market 股市上的投机
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- financial
- market
- stock-market
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- speculation in
- speculation on