speculator
speculator 英 [ˈspekjuleɪtə(r)] 美 [ˈspɛkjəˌletɚ]
n. 投机者；思索者
名词复数:speculators
- A speculator is someone who takes a chance on losing a lot of money when there's a prospect of making even more money. A speculator might, for example, invest in a risky stock in the hopes she can sell it eventually at a profit.
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- n. 投机者；思索者
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1. For instance, a speculator may think of God as a snow bunny, or Elvis, or the man on the moon – whatever – but the only thing that really matters is who God really is – what matters is the truth.
例如，一个投机者可能认为上帝就是一个雪球，或艾维斯，或月亮上的某个人——不管是什么——但真正重要的是上帝到底是谁——真理是什么。
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2. One oil speculator told me that oil would hit $200 a barrel within minutes.
一位石油投机者表示，石油会在几分钟内突破200美元每桶。
- speculator (n.) 1550s, "one who engages in mental speculation," from Latin speculator "a looker-out, spy, scout, explorer; investigator, examiner," agent noun from speculari (see speculation). The financial sense is from 1778. Formerly also "observer, onlooker," especially "an occult seer" (1650s). Fem. form speculatrix attested from 1610s. Related: Speculatory.
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