speculation 音标拼音: [sp
, ɛkjəl'eʃən]
n . 沉思,推测,投机
沈思,推测,投机
speculation n 1 :
a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [
synonym : {
guess }, {
conjecture }, {
supposition },
{
surmise }, {
surmisal }, {
speculation }, {
hypothesis }]
2 :
a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (
usually with little hard evidence );
"
speculations about the outcome of the election "; "
he dismissed it as mere conjecture " [
synonym : {
speculation },
{
conjecture }]
3 :
an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits ; "
he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it " [
synonym : {
speculation }, {
venture }]
4 :
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature ; "
the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge "
[
synonym : {
meditation }, {
speculation }]
Speculation \
Spec `
u *
la "
tion \,
n . [
L .
speculatio a spying out ,
observation :
cf .
F .
sp ['
e ]
culation .]
1 .
The act of speculating .
Specifically :
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(
a )
Examination by the eye ;
view . [
Obs .]
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(
b )
Mental view of anything in its various aspects and relations ;
contemplation ;
intellectual examination .
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Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts . --
Milton .
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(
c ) (
Philos .)
The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed .
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(
d ) (
Com .)
The act or practice of buying land ,
goods ,
shares ,
etc .,
in expectation of selling at a higher price ,
or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price ;
a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price ,
as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices ,
or the difference of price in different markets .
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Sudden fortunes ,
indeed ,
are sometimes made in such places ,
by what is called the trade of speculation . --
A .
Smith .
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Speculation ,
while confined within moderate limits ,
is the agent for equalizing supply and demand ,
and rendering the fluctuations of price less sudden and abrupt than they would otherwise be . --
F .
A .
Walker .
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(
e )
Any business venture in involving unusual risks ,
with a chance for large profits .
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2 .
A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating ;
mere theory ;
view ;
notion ;
conjecture .
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From him Socrates derived the principles of morality ,
and most part of his natural speculations .
--
Sir W .
Temple .
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To his speculations on these subjects he gave the lofty name of the "
Oracles of Reason ." --
Macaulay .
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3 .
Power of sight . [
Obs .]
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Thou hast no speculation in those eyes . --
Shak .
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4 .
A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands ,
upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt ,
which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes .
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126 Moby Thesaurus words for "
speculation ":
abstraction ,
actuarial prediction ,
advisement ,
agiotage ,
analysis ,
apocalypse ,
arbitrage ,
betting ,
blind guess ,
bold conjecture ,
brainwork ,
brooding ,
buying in ,
calculated risk ,
cardsharping ,
casting lots ,
cerebration ,
chance ,
cogitation ,
conjecture ,
consideration ,
contemplation ,
counsel ,
deliberation ,
doctrinairism ,
doctrinality ,
doctrinarity ,
equity capital ,
evaluation ,
excogitation ,
explanation ,
flier ,
flutter ,
foreboding ,
forecast ,
forecasting ,
foreshowing ,
foresight ,
foretelling ,
fortune ,
gamble ,
gambling ,
gaming ,
guess ,
guesswork ,
hazard ,
hazarding ,
hunch ,
hypothesis ,
improbability ,
investment ,
liquidation ,
luck ,
lucubration ,
meditation ,
mere theory ,
musing ,
omen ,
opinion ,
perhaps ,
play ,
playing ,
plunge ,
pondering ,
postulation ,
prediction ,
prefiguration ,
prefigurement ,
prefiguring ,
presage ,
presaging ,
presentiment ,
preshowing ,
presignifying ,
prime investment ,
probability ,
profit taking ,
prognosis ,
prognostication ,
promise ,
prophecy ,
prophesying ,
prospectus ,
reflection ,
review ,
revolving ,
risk ,
risking ,
rough guess ,
round trade ,
rumination ,
scalping ,
shot ,
soothsay ,
sortition ,
sporting ,
spot sale ,
stab ,
staking ,
statistical prediction ,
stockjobbery ,
stockjobbing ,
study ,
studying ,
suppose ,
supposition ,
surmise ,
theoretic ,
theoretical basis ,
theoretics ,
theoria ,
theoric ,
theorization ,
theory ,
thinking ,
turn ,
uncertainty ,
unverified supposition ,
vaticination ,
venture ,
venture capital ,
wager ,
wagering ,
weighing ,
wild guess ,
wondering
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