2009년 1월 19일 월요일

speculative

1. ADJ. A piece of information that is speculative is based on guesses rather than knowledge.
  • The papers ran speculative stories about the mysterious disappearance of Eddie Donagan.
2. ADJ. Someone who has a speculative expression seems to be trying to guess something about a person or thing.
  • His mother regarded him with a speculative eye.
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2. not based on fact or investigation; 
  • "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"
  • "speculative knowledge"
  • = notional
3. showing curiosity; 
  • "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"
  • "raised a speculative eyebrow" 
  • = inquisitive, wondering, questioning
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