to conjecture
01
推测, 猜想
to form an idea or opinion about something with limited information or unclear evidence
Transitive: to conjecture that
Intransitive: to conjecture about sth
例子
When the news spread about the missing person, neighbors started to conjecture about the possible reasons for their disappearance.
当关于失踪人员的消息传开时，邻居们开始推测他们失踪的可能原因。
Without clear details, the media conjectured that the sudden resignation of the political figure could be linked to undisclosed controversies.
在没有明确细节的情况下，媒体推测政治人物的突然辞职可能与未公开的争议有关。
Conjecture
01
推测, 猜想
an idea that is based on guesswork and not facts
例子
The detective 's conjecture about the suspect's motives proved to be incorrect.
侦探关于嫌疑人动机的推测被证明是错误的。
Much of the article was speculative conjecture without reliable sources.
文章的大部分内容是没有可靠来源的推测性猜想。
02
猜想, 假说
a hypothesis in mathematics or science that appears true but lacks a formal proof
例子
One of the oldest unsolved problems in number theory is the Goldbach conjecture.
数论中最古老的未解决问题之一是哥德巴赫猜想。
Fermat 's Last Theorem was long known as Fermat 's conjecture before it was proved.
费马大定理在证明之前长期被称为费马的猜想。
03
推测, 假设
a proposed restoration of corrupted, missing, or unclear text based on scholarly inference
例子
The editor 's conjecture restored the lost phrase in the medieval manuscript.
编辑的推测恢复了中世纪手稿中丢失的短语。
When the papyrus fragment was damaged, scholars offered conjectures to fill the gaps.
当纸莎草纸碎片受损时，学者们提出了推测来填补空白。
