Speculator

(noun.) someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains.

(noun.) someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts.

整理:斯特拉

• A speculator bridged a couple of barrels with a board and we hired standing places on it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• As the daughter of an unlucky speculator, who had paid a very shabby dividend, Mr. Chopper had no great regard for Miss Sedley. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I had one child after I come here; and I thought then I'd have one to raise, cause Mas'r wasn't a speculator. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The sanctimonious hypocrite, the sleek speculator, and others whom he has probably encountered in life are done to the queen's taste. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I was raised by a speculator, with lots of others. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I suppose you'll begin to think you're a pretty knowing speculator. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Speculators buys 'em up cheap, when they's little, and gets 'em raised for market. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Huge possibilities have remained undeveloped because of the opposition of owners, forestallers, and speculators to their economical exploitation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• There was a hasty selling off, by the business government in control, of every remunerative public enterprise to private speculators. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Spaniards built these watchtowers on the hills to enable them to keep a sharper lookout on the Moroccan speculators. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

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