speculator 音标拼音: [sp'ɛkjəl
, etɚ]
n . 投机者,投机商人,思索者
投机者,投机商人,思索者
speculator n 1 :
someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts 2 :
someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains [
synonym : {
speculator }, {
plunger }]
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One who speculates .
Specifically :
(
a )
An observer ;
a contemplator ;
hence ,
a spy ;
a watcher .
[
Obs .] --
Sir T .
Browne .
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1913 Webster ]
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b )
One who forms theories ;
a theorist .
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1913 Webster ]
A speculator who had dared to affirm that the human soul is by nature mortal . --
Macaulay .
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c ) (
Com .)
One who engages in speculation ;
one who buys and sells goods ,
land ,
etc .,
with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price .
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1913 Webster ]
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "
speculator ":
adventurer ,
armchair authority ,
betting ring ,
bettor ,
big operator ,
boneshaker ,
cardshark ,
cardsharp ,
cardsharper ,
casuist ,
compulsive gambler ,
cosmologist ,
crap shooter ,
doctrinaire ,
doctrinarian ,
gambler ,
gamester ,
gunslinger ,
hazarder ,
hypothesist ,
hypothesizer ,
lame duck ,
margin purchaser ,
metaphysician ,
operator ,
petty gambler ,
philosophaster ,
philosophe ,
philosopher ,
philosophizer ,
piker ,
player ,
plunger ,
punter ,
scalper ,
sharp ,
sharper ,
sharpie ,
smart operator ,
sophist ,
sport ,
sporting man ,
sportsman ,
stag ,
theoretic ,
theoretician ,
theorist ,
theorizer ,
thinker ,
tinhorn ,
tipster ,
tout ,
venturer ,
wagerer
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