喜樂美語
  1. 1推測性的、臆測的；（投資）投機性的

    Based on guessing rather than solid facts or proof — an idea, plan, or piece of writing that's more "what if" than certainty. In business, a "speculative investment" is one made hoping for a big profit, but with a real risk of losing money, because it's based on prediction, not certainty.

From the word’s history

From Middle English speculatyf, from Old French speculatif or Late Latin speculativus, from Latin speculor.

源自中古英文 speculatyf，經古法文或晚期拉丁文來自 speculor。

Wiktionary

組成speculate (to guess, to consider possibilities without proof) + -ive (adjective ending, "tending to").

同家族的字

  • speculatespeculative describes something based on speculating — guessing without proof
  • speculationspeculation is the noun for the act of guessing; speculative describes things built on it

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

speculativeadj/ˈspɛkjuləˌtɪv/

  • 1

    Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.

    • Like The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake is a speculative fiction, not a science fiction proper.
    • When not inaccurate, much commentary on the contents of Hobson-Jobson is couched in hedges or relies on speculative estimates in the absence of exact information.
  • 2

    Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.

    • Tranquillo Barnetta was the grateful beneficiary of uncertain England defending and poor goalkeeping from Joe Hart as he twice saw speculative free-kicks end in the back of the net in the first half.
    • Little seemed on when Sánchez cut in from the left and sent a speculative low shot through a crowd of players, but though Federici had it covered he could not hold on to the ball and it squirmed over the line through his legs.
  • 3

    Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.

    • "Don't dare laugh at us!" smiled his sister. "I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came[…]and the Tenth Street house wasn't half big enough; and a dreadful speculative builder built this house and persuaded Austin to buy it. Oh, dear, and here we are among the rich and great; and the steel kings and copper kings and oil kings and their heirs and dauphins. Do you like the house?"
    • In other words, it is critical to know whether a currency is under high speculative pressure for every month in the sample.

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