1.(信息)推测性的，猜测性的
A piece of information that isspeculative is based on guesses rather than knowledge.

e.g. The papers ranspeculative stories about the mysterious disappearance of Eddie Donagan...
各家报纸都刊登了有关埃迪·多纳根神秘失踪的猜测性报道。
e.g. He has written aspeculative biography of Christopher Marlowe.
他写了一篇关于克里斯托弗·马洛的推测性传记。

2.(表情)带着疑问的，好奇的
Someone who has aspeculative expression seems to be trying to guess something about a person or thing.

e.g. His mother regarded him with aspeculative eye.
他的母亲用好奇的目光看着他。

speculatively
I caught her eyes on me speculatively. I imagined she was wondering about my relationship with Max.
我注意到她用带着疑问的眼神看着我。我猜她在想我和马克斯是什么关系。

3.投机性的
Speculative is used to describe activities which involve buying goods or shares, or buildings and properties, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit.

e.g. Thousands of pensioners were persuaded to mortgage their homes to invest inspeculative bonds...
几千名领取养老金的人被劝说用自己的住房作抵押去投资投机性债券。
e.g. The King's Reach hotel was built as aspeculative venture but never completed.
金里奇酒店本来是作为一个投机性的风险项目建设的，但一直没有完工。

1. 推测：例如:在论述论文选题应避免太宽泛(broad)、乏味(bland)和主观推测(speculative)时,都用具体选题例句进行比较,读者看后一目了然. 又如,在谈到文稿格式时,提供了电子邮件(E-mail)、简历(resume)、求职信(application letter)、论文(researchpaper)等范文供读者参考.

Americans imagined a condition in which speculators, self-makers, runners are always using the new opportunities given by our land.

美国人想象的情况是，投机者、自强不息者和跑步者总是在利用我们的土地提供的新机会。

If the speculators are not to blame, what about the oil companies, which have failed to increase output in spite of record profits?

如果投机者不应受到谴责，那么那些尽管利润创下纪录，但仍未提高产量的石油公司呢？

A large part of the buying, especially in the oil markets, was fed by speculators who believed demand would only soar.

大多数投资者选择做多，特别是原油市场，一度吸引了那些坚信需求仍将高涨的投机者。

Stock speculators wanted his scalp.

股票投机商想整他一顿。

These houses were built by property speculators.

这些房屋是由地产投机商建造的.

Some speculators have tried to corner wheat.

有几个投机者曾试图囤积小麦.

He's got mixed up with speculators.

他跟投机倒把分子有瓜葛.

Thousands of individuals, in contrast, trade in commodity futures as speculators.

但成千上万的个人却是做期货生意的投机商.

There is also a group of speculators known as'short sellers. '

还有一种投机分子,人称 “ 卖空者 ”.

Commodity traders fall into two broad categories: hedgers and speculators.

经营商品的人可分为两大类: 做套期保值的人和投机商.

They were obviously speculators in government bonds, and bears at that.

这三位都是滚在公债投机里的, 而且显然是做着空头.

The speculators cleaned up large fortunes by selling when prices rose.

投机商们一见到行情上涨就抛售,从中大发横财.

speculators gave the company a good cleaning.

投机者使公司受到惨重的损失.

His case was financed by speculators who hoped to profit from his victory.

他打这场官司是由那些期望从他的胜诉中获益的投机者们资助的.

speculators are usually portrayed as a class apart from the rest of humanity.

投机者往往被描绘为与众不同的一伙人.

But a lot of people who buy stocks are speculators.

但很多人买股票是为了投机.

These markets are also used by speculators.

这些市场也同样为投机商所用.

Despite their dismal reputation, the oil speculators provide a vital service.

尽管口碑差劲, 石油投机商却起到了很大的作用.