【conjecture】 - A-level备考词汇

conjecture

UK:  [kən'dʒektʃə(r)]

US:  [kən'dʒektʃə(r)]

复数：conjectures  现在分词：conjecturing  过去式：conjectured  

v.

1.推测,猜想,估量;辨读,设想,估计

n.

1.猜测,推测,猜想;辨读;设想;揣度

2.想象

3.计划

1 . Although just one game, Saturday's contest led to quite a bit of conjecture about what the playoffs might bring.
即使只是一场比赛，但是周六的比赛带来了一些推测，那就是季后赛会带来什么。

2 . You know, out of that came a lot of conjecture that there was way too much radiation for us to have had people in outer space.
你知道，由于那个，便有了很多推测，即：对我们来说，让人体呆在外太空或许有远远过多的辐射了。

3 . Chronology protection is still just a conjecture, so time travel remains a possibility.
时序保护还只是个臆测而已，所以时光旅行仍是可能的。

4 . Was it a chance, or had the hour come, or did the ray of sunshine kindle a thought, a conjecture, in my dull mind?
这是偶然发生的事件，还是那个期限已经到来，阳光把我麻木脑袋中的思想和猜测照亮了呢？

5 . Its defence budget is thought to be expanding by around 12% a year, though its real size is the subject of conjecture.
中国的国防预算被认为每年增加12%，然而实际规模还是颇费猜想。