| 单词 | on speculation |
| 释义 | > as lemmason speculation b. on speculation, on chance; on the chance of gain or profit. Cf. spec n.1 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > on the off chance on speculation1811 on spec1832 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude II. xxxii. 162 A distant relation who had married, at fifteen, in the East Indies, sent out on speculation. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxvi. 273 Won't Mr. Dodson and Fogg be wild if the plaintiff shouldn't get it..when they do it all on speculation! < as lemmas |
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