GUESS1 to guess something2 what you say when you guess something3 to guess correctly4 to guess incorrectly5 an attempt to guess something6 a guess that is based on very little informationRELATED WORDSsee alsoANSWERTHINKKNOW/NOT KNOWSURE/NOT SURE1 to guess something 猜测某事guess /ges/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to give an answer or decide that something is probably true, when you do not know enough to be definitely sure 猜，猜测，猜想 Are you sure Linda's pregnant, or are you just guessing? 你肯定琳达是怀孕了，还是只是猜测？ I'm only guessing, but I should think their house is worth over a million. 我只是猜猜，不过我想他们的房子应该值一百多万。 I didn't know all the answers so I just had to guess some of them. 答案我不是全部都知道，所以有些我只能猜了。guess who/what/how etc Guess who I saw in town yesterday. 你猜我昨天在镇上看到谁了。 Guess how much I paid for this watch! 猜猜我买这块表花了多少钱！guess at We can only guess at the cause of the crash. 我们只能猜测飞机失事的原因。guess (that) Sally guessed that he had been drinking for most of the afternoon. 萨莉猜想下午大部分时间他都在喝酒。 Detectives guess the attacker must be aged from 25 - 30. 侦探们猜测袭击者的年纪一定是在25岁到30岁之间。make a guess /ˌmeɪk ə ˈges/ [verb phrase]to guess something, especially when you are trying to answer a question or explain how something might have happened 作猜测〔尤指要回答问题或对事情可能是如何发生的作出解释时〕 I've no idea where I lost the keys. I couldn't even make a guess. 我不知道我把钥匙丢在哪里了，猜也猜不到。make a guess at/about/as to It's possible to make a guess at who the woman in the story might be. 可以猜度故事中的那个女人会是谁。have a guessBritish/take a guessespecially American /ˌhæv ə ˈges, ˌteɪk ə ˈges/ [verb phrase]to guess an answer, amount, or number - use this especially when you are telling someone to do this 猜一猜，猜猜看〔尤用于叫别人猜一猜〕 ‘How much rent do you pay for your apartment?’ ‘Take a guess.’ “你的公寓要交多少房租？”“猜猜看。”have a guess at Have a guess at the answer, then check it with your calculator. 猜猜答案是多少，然后用计算器算算，检查一下是否正确。estimate /ˈestɪmeɪt, ˈestəmeɪt/ [transitive verb]to say how much something will cost, how many of something there are etc, partly by calculating and partly by guessing 估算，估计estimate (that) Police estimate that over 10,000 people took part in the demonstration. 警方估计有一万多人参加了这次示威游行。estimate something at $350/£400 etc His personal fortune is estimated at £150 million. 他的个人财产估计有一亿五千万英镑。 The mechanic estimated the cost of repairs at $350. 机修工估计修理费是350美元。estimate how much/how many etc Can you estimate how much fabric you will need for the curtains? 你估算一下做窗帘需要多少面料，好吗estimated [adjective] More classrooms are urgently needed, at an estimated cost of $300,000. 迫切需要建造更多的教室，估计要30万美元。put something at /ˈpʊt something æt/ [transitive phrasal verb]put the cost/the value/somebody's age etc at somethingto guess that the cost, value etc is a particular amount without trying to be very exact 估计花费/价值/某人的年龄等为… I'd put her age at around 35. 我估计她的年龄在35岁左右。 The cost of the war was put at more than $10 billion. 这场战争的耗费估计超过100亿美元。speculate /ˈspekjɑleɪt/ [intransitive verb]to think about or discuss something in order to guess what its causes or results might be 猜测，推测〔可能的原因或结果〕 We don't know why the prehistoric stone circles were built. We can only speculate. 我们不知道建造史前巨石圈的原因，只能推测。speculate about/on/as to Edward began to speculate on what life would be like if he were single again. 爱德华开始推想，如果他恢复单身，生活将会怎样。 People have been speculating about interstellar flight for years. 对于星际飞行人们猜想已久。2 what you say when you guess something 猜测时说的话my guess is /maɪ ˈges ɪz/spokensay this when you are telling someone what you think has probably happened or will probably happen 【口】我猜想my guess is (that) My guess is that they've been delayed in a traffic jam. 我猜他们是遇到交通堵塞耽误了。 My guess is she'll move back to the States after the divorce. 我猜她离婚之后会回美国去。I bet /aɪ ˈbet/spokensay this when you are fairly sure that something is true or something is happening, although you cannot prove this 【口】我敢肯定，我敢打赌 He'll be really pleased to see you, I bet! 他看到你一定很高兴，我敢打赌！I bet (that) Come and sit down, I bet you're exhausted. 来，坐下吧，你肯定累坏了。 I bet that the meeting will be cancelled again. 我敢肯定，这次会议又要取消了。off the top of my head /ɒf ðə ˌtɒp əv maɪ ˈhedǁ-ˌtɑːp-/spokensay this when you are guessing a number or amount and you have not checked it exactly 【口】随口说出 Off the top of my head, I think that the figure is about 25%. 我随口说说，我想这个数字是在25%左右。 ‘What's the painting worth?’ ‘Three million or so,’ he said, off the top of his head. “这幅画值多少钱？”“300万左右。”他随口说道。3 to guess correctly 猜得正确guess /ges/ [intransitive/transitive verb not in progressive]toguess correctly that something is true, orguess the right answer to something 猜出，猜到，猜对 ‘Are you Dan's brother?’ ‘Yes, how did you guess?’ “你是丹的兄弟吗？”“是呀，你是怎么猜出来的？” Luckily, I guessed the right answer and won the prize! 真幸运，我猜对答案得奖了！guess what/who/where etc Guy looked at her face, and guessed what she was thinking. 盖伊看着她的脸，猜出她心里在想什么。guess (that) From their behaviour it was easy to guess that they were married. 从他们的行为很容易猜出他们已经结婚了。guess the truth They had already guessed the truth about their son's disappearance. 他们已经猜到了儿子失踪的真相。guess right Which hand have I got the chocolate in? If you guess right you can have it. 我哪只手里有巧克力？猜对了就归你。you're getting warm /jɔːʳ ˌgetɪŋ ˈwɔːʳm/spokensay this when someone's guess about something is nearly correct 【口】你快猜对了 ‘Where are you going? Egypt, Morocco?’ ‘You're getting warm!’ “你打算去哪里？埃及，摩洛哥？”“你快猜对了！4 to guess incorrectly 猜得不正确guess wrong /ˌges ˈrɒŋǁ-ˈrɔːŋ/ [verb phrase]to guess incorrectly 猜错 I guessed she was over sixteen, but I guessed wrong. 我猜她超过16岁，但我猜错了。overestimate /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmeɪt, ˌəʊvərˈestəmeɪt/ [transitive verb]to guess wrongly, by thinking that the amount, level, or cost of something is bigger, more expensive etc than it really is 高估，估计过高 People overestimated the risk of catching the disease. 人们高估了感染这种疾病的风险。overestimate how much/how long etc We overestimated how long the journey would take, and arrived far too early. 我们多估了路上所需的时间，到得太早了。overestimate /ˌəʊvərˈestɪmət, ˌəʊvərˈestəmət/ [singular noun] We thought the job would cost $5000, but this was an overestimate. 我们以为这项工作要花费5,000美元，不过多估了。underestimate /ˌʌndərˈestɪmeɪt, ˌʌndərˈestəmeɪt/ [transitive verb]to guess wrongly, by thinking that the amount, level, or cost of something is smaller, less expensive etc than it really is 对…估计不足，低估 They underestimated the amount of time it would take to finish the work. 他们少估了完成这项工作所需的时间。underestimate how much/ how long etc You must never underestimate how much I love you. 你切莫低估我有多爱你。how difficult/ how important etc Don't underestimate how good the other team is, or how hard they're going to play. 不要低估对方球队的实力，也不要低估他们比赛时的拼劲。badly/greatly underestimate They had badly underestimated how many lifeboats would be needed. 他们严重低估了所需的救生艇的数量。underestimate /ˌʌndərˈestɪmət, ˌʌndərˈestəmət/ [singular noun] There could be 50 people at the wedding, but this is probably an underestimate. 可能有50人出席婚礼，但可能是低估了。be wide of the mark /biː ˌwaɪd əv ðə ˈmɑːʳk/ [verb phrase]to guess incorrectly - use this when someone is not at all close to being correct 〔估计〕很离谱，差得远 The movie was expected to gross millions, but that forecast was wide of the mark. 这部影片预计有几百万的收入，但是这个预测太离谱了。be seriously/hopelessly wide of the mark All the opinion polls turned out to be hopelessly wide of the mark. 所有的民意测验都偏差得太厉害了。5 an attempt to guess something 猜测的行为guess /ges/ [countable noun]an attempt toguess something 猜测 This is only a guess, but I think Barbara might have gone to Jan's house. 这只是猜测，我想芭芭拉可能去简家了。 I didn't really know the answer. It was just a lucky guess. 我真的不知道答案，只是碰运气猜对了。make a guess I'm not sure why she left him, but I think I can make a guess. 我不确定她为什么离开他，不过我想我可以猜一猜。good guessspokensay this when someone's guess is almost correct 【口】猜得很接近 ‘When was the house built - about 1600?’ ‘That's a good guess - it was 1624.’ “这房子是什么时候建的—1600年左右吗？”“猜得很接近了一是1624年。”I'll give you two/three guessesspokensay this when you think the other person already knows the answer to the question 【口】我让你猜两/三次〔用于表示你认为某人已知道答案〕 ‘Who's her new boyfriend then?’ ‘I'll give you three guesses!’ “那么她的新男朋友是谁呢？”“我让你猜三次！”an educated guess ‘Did Cindy tell you that she's sold the business?’ ‘No, it was just an educated guess.’ “是辛迪告诉你她把公司卖掉的吗？”“不是，只是根据一些事情猜的。”estimate /ˈestɪmət, ˈestəmət/ [countable noun]an opinion about the value, size, speed etc of something that is formed partly by calculating and partly by guessing 〔对价值、大小、速度等的〕估计，估算 According to some estimates, almost two thirds of the city has been destroyed by the earthquake. 根据有些人估计，这个城市近三分之二遭到了地震的破坏。rough estimatean estimate that is not intended to be exact 粗略的估计 These are the figures, but they're only a rough estimate. 就是这些数据，不过只是个粗略的估计。at/as a rough estimatemaking a rough estimate 按粗略估计 At a rough estimate, staff are recycling less than a quarter of the paper we buy. 粗略估计，员工循环使用的纸张不足我们所购的四分之一。a conservative estimatean estimate that is deliberately low 保守的估计 We're predicting a 10% rise in oil prices -- and that's a conservative estimate. 我们预测油价会上升10%一那是个保守的估计。guesswork /ˈgeswɜːʳk/ [uncountable noun]when you try to understand something or find the answer to something by guessing, because you do not have all the information you need 猜测，推测 It's important to find out what consumers want to buy, rather than relying on guesswork. 重要的是要弄清楚消费者想要购买什么，而不是光凭主观猜想。 At the beginning, the police investigation was largely based on guesswork. 开始的时候，警方的调查主要依据猜测。it was pure/sheer guessworkspokenuse this to say that you found out something by guessing 【口】纯粹的猜测 ‘How did you know where she'd gone?’ ‘It was pure guesswork.’ “你怎么知道她去了哪里的？”“噢，纯属猜测而已。”speculation /ˌspekjɑˈleɪʃən/ [countable/uncountable noun]when a lot of people, especially in newspapers and on television, try to guess what is happening or what will happen because they do not have much definite information 〔尤指报纸或电视上的〕猜测，推测speculation about There has been a lot of speculation about the date of the next election. 对于下一次选举的日期有很多猜测。 The success of the book was heightened by media speculation about who the characters were in real life. 媒体对于这本书中的人物在现实生活中到底是谁有各种猜测，使这本书更成功了。speculation that A further defeat for the government led to increasing speculation that the Prime Minister would resign. 政府的进一步失败导致了越来越多的猜测，认为首相可能会辞职。amid speculation (that) The investigation into the crash continued amid speculation that terrorists had destroyed the plane. 关于失事原因的调查继续进行，有人认为是恐怖分子破坏了飞机。wild speculationguesses that are not sensible 胡乱猜测 the wild speculation that surrounded Princess Diana's death 围绕戴安娜王妃之死的胡乱猜测pure speculationguesses that are not sensible based only on guessing, and not on informaion 纯属猜测 Any suggestion of an imminent crash in property prices is pure speculation. 房地产价格即将暴跌的说法纯属猜测。speculative /ˈspekjɑlətɪvǁ-leɪtɪv/ [adjective]an opinion, explanation etc that isspeculative is based on guessing and not on facts 〔观点、解释等〕猜测的 Theories of the origin of life are partly speculative. 关于生命起源的理论一部分是猜测。highly speculativebased almost completely on guessing and probably not correct 高度猜测的 Until further research has been done, any figures that I can give you are highly speculative. 在作进一步的研究之前，我所能给你的数据几乎都是猜测的。entirely/purely speculativebased completely on guessing 完全/纯粹猜测的 The papers were full of talk of Lucan's whereabouts, all of it entirely speculative. 报纸上满篇都是有关卢肯的下落的报道，这些全部都是猜测。conjecture /kənˈdʒektʃəʳ/ [uncountable noun]formalguesses that are based on information that is not complete 【正式】猜测，推测a matter for/of conjecturesomething that people can try to guess but cannot know 只能靠推测的问题 It's a matter for conjecture who wrote the original text in the fifteenth century. 在15世纪这篇原文由谁所作只能靠推测。pure conjecturebased only on guessing, and not on facts 纯属猜测 The judge dismissed the evidence as pure conjecture. 法官认为这个证据纯属猜测，不予考虑。6 a guess that is based on very little information 根据很少的信息所作的猜测rough guess /ˌrʌf ˈges/ [countable noun usually singular]the answer you give when you are trying to guess a number or amount but are not able to be exact 大概的猜测〔指猜数字或数量〕 I'd say Mrs Roberts was about 35, but that's only a rough guess. 我想罗伯茨太太大约35岁，但这只是大概的猜测。make/take/have a rough guess It's terribly difficult to calculate, but I could make a rough guess and say the cost will be about half a million. 费用很难计算，但是我可以作一个粗略的估计，大约会是50万。at a rough guess ‘How long will the journey take?’ ‘At a rough guess, about six hours.’ “旅程要多长时间？”“大概的估计是六个小时左右。”hunch /hʌntʃ/ [countable noun]a strange feeling that you know the answer to something, even though you have very little information to help you to guess 直觉 It's just a hunch, but it's possible the murderer may have been a woman. 这只是直觉，不过凶手可能是一个女的。hunch that My hunch that he was lying turned out to be correct. 我的直觉是他在说谎，结果真是这样。have a hunch I have a hunch that Jodie may be planning a surprise party. 我有一种直觉，乔迪可能在计划一个惊喜聚会。hunch about ‘How did you know the answer?’ ‘I just had a hunch about it.’ “你是怎么知道答案的？”“我就是有一种直觉。”wild guess /ˌwaɪld ˈges/ [countable noun]a guess, especially an answer, that seems stupid or is very likely to be wrong 胡乱的猜测〔尤指答案〕 This is a wild guess, but is the answer Michael Jackson? 我只是瞎猜，答案是不是迈克尔·杰克逊？a shot in the dark /ə ˌʃɒt ɪn ðə ˈdɑːʳkǁˌʃɑːt-/ [noun phrase]a guess that you make when you have no information at all, so that it is almost certainly wrong 瞎猜 Let's see if she's at Fiona's house. It's a shot in the dark, but we've got to start looking somewhere. 我们看看她是不是在菲奥娜家里，我这是瞎猜，但我们总得从什么地方找起。