speculator

['spekjuleitə]

n.投机者, 投机商人, 思索家

例句与用法:

Speculators are thick on the ground. They buy up land, sit on it for a month or two and resell for twice what they paid.

投机者多得很,他们买下土地,搁置一两个月后又以双倍的价格卖出去。

A ruthless speculator or adventurer.

冷酷的投机者或冒险家

词形变化:

副词: speculatively | 名词: speculativeness |

详细释义:

n.[C]

1. 投机者; 投机商人

His case was financed by speculators who hoped to profit from his victory.

他打这场官司是由那些期望从他的胜诉中获益的投机者们资助的。

2. 思索者; 推理者; 抽象的理论家