英文词源
- speculate (v.)
- 1590s, "view mentally, contemplate" (transitive), back-formation from speculation. Also formerly "view as from a watchtower" (1610s). Intransitive sense of "pursue truth by conjecture or thinking" is from 1670s. Meaning "to invest money upon risk for the sake of profit" is from 1785. Related: Speculated; speculating.
中文词源
来源于拉丁语中specere(看)派生的动词speculor, speculari, speculatus, -(观察,侦查)。
词根词缀： -specul-看 + -ate动词词尾
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：speculate 词源，speculate 含义。
来自拉丁语 speculari,看，观察，来自 specere,看，观察，词源同 spectate,aspect.引申诸相关 词义。
