speculative
UK/'spekjʊlətɪv/US/'spekjuleitiv/
GREB2
Definitions
adj.
Based on conjecture rather than evidence; involving financial risk.
推测的；投机的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedspeculatelook, observe, watch
+
-ivetending to, having the nature of
=speculative
speculate + -ive.
Common Collocations
- 1.speculative investment投机性投资
- 2.speculative bubble投机泡沫
- 3.purely speculative纯属推测
- 4.speculative fiction科幻/推想小说
Example Sentences
- 1.
That's a speculative investment.