speculative 音标拼音: [sp'ɛkjələtɪv]
a . 思索性的,投机的,推理的
思索性的,投机的,推理的
speculative adj 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 " [
synonym : {
bad }, {
risky }, {
high -
risk },
{
speculative }]
2 :
not based on fact or investigation ; "
a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs "; "
speculative knowledge " [
synonym : {
notional }, {
speculative }]
3 :
showing curiosity ; "
if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive "; "
raised a speculative eyebrow " [
synonym : {
inquisitive }, {
speculative }, {
questioning },
{
wondering (
a )}]
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1 .
Given to speculation ;
contemplative .
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1913 Webster ]
The mind of man being by nature speculative .
--
Hooker .
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2 .
Involving ,
or formed by ,
speculation ;
ideal ;
theoretical ;
not established by demonstration . --
Cudworth .
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3 .
Of or pertaining to vision ;
also ,
prying ;
inquisitive ;
curious . [
R .] --
Bacon .
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4 .
Of or pertaining to speculation in land ,
goods ,
shares ,
etc .;
as ,
a speculative dealer or enterprise .
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The speculative merchant exercises no one regular ,
established ,
or well -
known branch of business . --
A .
Smith .
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5 . (
Finance )
More risky than typical investments ;
not investment grade .
[
PJC ] -- {
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adv . --
{
Spec "
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n .
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1913 Webster ]
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "
speculative ":
abstract ,
academic ,
adventurous ,
aleatory ,
analytical ,
arguable ,
armchair ,
at issue ,
chancy ,
closet ,
cogitative ,
cognitive ,
concentrating ,
concentrative ,
conceptive ,
conceptual ,
conceptualized ,
confutable ,
conjectural ,
contemplating ,
contemplative ,
contestable ,
controversial ,
controvertible ,
curious ,
debatable ,
deliberating ,
deliberative ,
deniable ,
dicey ,
disputable ,
doubtable ,
doubtful ,
dubious ,
dubitable ,
excogitating ,
full of risk ,
hazardous ,
hypothetic ,
hypothetical ,
ideal ,
idealistic ,
idealized ,
ideational ,
ideative ,
iffy ,
impractical ,
in dispute ,
in doubt ,
in dubio ,
in question ,
inquiring ,
intellectual ,
introspective ,
meditating ,
meditative ,
mental ,
mistakable ,
moot ,
museful ,
musing ,
noetic ,
notional ,
open to doubt ,
open to question ,
pensive ,
pondering ,
postulatory ,
prehensive ,
problematic ,
questionable ,
questioning ,
ratiocinative ,
rational ,
reflecting ,
reflective ,
refutable ,
riskful ,
risky ,
ruminant ,
ruminating ,
ruminative ,
serious ,
sober ,
suppositional ,
supposititious ,
suppositive ,
suspect ,
suspicious ,
theoretical ,
thinking ,
thought ,
thoughtful ,
uncertain ,
unpractical ,
unproved ,
unproven ,
unrealistic ,
unreliable ,
untested ,
untrustworthy ,
venturesome ,
venturous ,
wildcat ,
wistful
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