conjecture
UK [kən'dʒek.tʃər] US [-tʃɚ] noun countable or uncountable
■(the forming of) a guess about something based on how it seems and not on proof 推测；猜测；猜想；臆断•There's been a lot of conjecture in the papers recently about the royal marriage.近期报纸上对这桩皇室婚姻大加猜测。
UK [kən'dʒek.tʃər] US [-tʃɚ] verb intransitive formal
■to guess, based on the appearance of a situation and not on proof 推测；猜测，猜想；臆断•We'll never know exactly how she died; we can only conjecture.我们永远也不会知道她究竟是怎么死的；我们只能猜测。 •[+ that] He conjectured that the company would soon be in financial difficulties.他推测该公司不久就会陷入财务危机。 |