評論
打印
1、speculate
推測;猜測;猜想
Critics of the project speculate about how many hospitals could be built instead.
對該項目持批評態度的人在推測如果改作他用不知可以建多少所醫院。
It would be unfair to Debby's family to speculate on the reasons for her suicide.
猜測黛比自殺的原因對她的家人來說是不公平的。
投機;做投機買賣
Big farmers are moving in, not in order to farm, but in order to speculate with rising land prices.
大農場主正在不斷涌進來，不是為了耕作，而是要利用不斷上漲的地價進行投機。
The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped.
各銀行貸出去太多高風險貸款，目前無法收回，他們還進行地產投機，而地產的價值目前已經下跌了。
2、expand
擴充;擴大;增加
Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected.
工程師注意到管道并沒有如預期那樣膨脹。
The money supply expanded by 14.6 per cent in the year to September.
截至9月，當年的貨幣供應增加了百分之14.6。
擴大；發展；擴展
The popular ceramics industry expanded towards the middle of the 19th century.
到19世紀中期，大眾制陶業得到了發展。
The interest rate's coming down. I'll be able to expand or stay in business.
利率正在降低，我可以擴大公司或者維持經營。
