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2010.06.03
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SPECULATE 投機する
- To speculate in real estate, stocks, etc., is to buy them in order to (hopefully) sell them later at a profit.
The noun form is speculation. - 不動産や株式などについて speculate と言うと、(うまくいけば)後で利益を上乗せして売却するためにそれらを購入する、つまり、投機する、という意味になります。
名詞形は speculation で、投機、という意味です。
- a: It just doesn't make sense to speculate on the stock market anymore.
b: Nonsense. If you invest for the long term, there's actually very little risk. - Instead of taking over the family farm, she chose to study finance. Now she speculates in agricultural commodities.
- Regulating oil speculation should help keep oil prices under control, at least until oil reserves start running out.
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