| 单词 | one must speculate to accumulate |
| 释义 | > as lemmasone must speculate to accumulate to speculate to accumulate: to take risks in order to secure long-term advantage or gain. Frequently in one must speculate to accumulate and similar phrases. ΚΠ 1902 Register (Adelaide) 19 Nov. 4/7 According to the Rev. E. A. Forbes,..there is no truth in that old aphorism, ‘You must speculate to accumulate’, but, rather, the proof positive was ‘To him that hath shall be given’. 1922 G. Beaumont Riders Up! iii. 55 If you don't speculate, you never accumulate. 1932 S. Knock Clear Lower Deck xxiii. 175 Come on, me lucky lads; plonk it down: plonk it down, thick and heavy. One must speculate to accumulate. 1965 New Scientist 25 Mar. 814/2 There is no getting away from its principal text—‘you've got to speculate if you want to accumulate’. 1982 Guardian 13 Dec. 23/2 Once in a while one of the Australian fast bowlers would worry them with an exceptional ball or they would be too inclined to speculate to accumulate. 2007 P. Lemon What If? xiv. 110 We had to speculate to accumulate; but not by investing money with a view to a future profit; we had to endanger our lives to prolong our freedom. < as lemmas |
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