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speculative

🇬🇧 UK/'spekjʊlətɪv/🇺🇸 US/'spekjuleitiv/
GREB2

Definitions

adj.

Based on guesswork or unproven ideas rather than facts; involving financial risk in hope of large gains.

推测性的;投机的;缺乏依据的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
speclook, observe, watch
+
ulsuffix
+
ativesuffix
=speculative

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.

    The scientist's theory remains highly speculative without further experimental evidence.

  • 2.

    Investing in cryptocurrency is considered speculative due to its extreme price volatility.

  • 3.

    The report was dismissed as speculative fiction rather than serious journalism.

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