Speculative



GRE

解释

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• adj. 投机的; 推理的, 思索的
• ［英］ 投机的, 冒风险的 ( based on speculation) 推理的, 思索的 ( based on reason alone and not facts about the world)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Date: 14th century
• 1. involving, based on, or constituting intellectual speculation; also theoretical rather than demonstrable <speculative knowledge>
• 2. marked by questioning curiosity <gave him a speculative glance>
• 3. of, relating to, or being a financial speculation <speculative stocks><speculative venture>
• ? speculatively adverb

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