A piece of information that is speculative is based on guesses rather than knowledge.
例句
The papers ran speculative stories about the mysterious disappearance of Eddie Donagan...各家報紙都刊登了有關(guān)埃迪·多納根神秘失蹤的猜測性報道。He has written a speculative biography of Christopher Marlowe.他寫了一篇關(guān)于克里斯托弗·馬洛的推測性傳記。
ADJ-GRADED
(表情)帶著疑問的，好奇的
Someone who has a speculative expression seems to be trying to guess something about a person or thing.
例句
His mother regarded him with a speculative eye.他的母親用好奇的目光看著他。
ADJ
投機性的
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.
例句
Thousands of pensioners were persuaded to mortgage their homes to invest in speculative bonds...幾千名領(lǐng)取養(yǎng)老金的人被勸說用自己的住房作抵押去投資投機性債券。The King's Reach hotel was built as a speculative venture but never completed.金里奇酒店本來是作為一個投機性的風險項目建設的，但一直沒有完工。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
思考的,思索的,推測出的
speculative rumours僅屬推測的謠言
投機的,投機生意的
The boss has put all his money into that speculative enterprise.這個老板把他的全部財產(chǎn)都投到那個投機事業(yè)中。
帶著疑問的；好奇的
He had a speculative gleam in his eyes.他眼睛里閃過一絲探尋的神情。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. not financially safe or secure;
"a bad investment""high risk investments""anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky""speculative business enterprises"
2. not based on fact or investigation;
"a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs""speculative knowledge"
3. showing curiosity;
"if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive""raised a speculative eyebrow"