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1、speculate
推测;猜测;猜想
Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead.
对该项目持批评态度的人在推测如果改作他用不知可以建多少所医院。
It would be unfair to Debby's family to speculate on the reasons for her suicide.
猜测黛比自杀的原因对她的家人来说是不公平的。
投机;做投机买卖
Big farmers are moving in, not in order to farm, but in order to speculate with rising land prices.
大农场主正在不断涌进来，不是为了耕作，而是要利用不断上涨的地价进行投机。
The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped.
各银行贷出去太多高风险贷款，目前无法收回，他们还进行地产投机，而地产的价值目前已经下跌了。
2、expand
扩充;扩大;增加
Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected.
工程师注意到管道并没有如预期那样膨胀。
The money supply expanded by 14.6 per cent in the year to September.
截至9月，当年的货币供应增加了百分之14.6。
扩大；发展；扩展
The popular ceramics industry expanded towards the middle of the 19th century.
到19世纪中期，大众制陶业得到了发展。
The interest rate's coming down. I'll be able to expand or stay in business.
利率正在降低，我可以扩大公司或者维持经营。
