guess

1. V-T/V-I If you guess something, you give an answer or provide an opinion which may not be true because you do not have definite knowledge about the matter concerned. 猜測

Yvonne guessed that he was a very successful publisher or a banker. 伊馮娜猜測他是一位非常成功的出版商或銀行家。

You can only guess at what mental suffering they endure. 你只能猜測他們?nèi)淌苤裁礃拥木裢纯唷?/p>

Guess what I did for the whole of the first week. 猜猜整個第一周我都做了些什么。

2. V-T If you guess that something is the case, you correctly form the opinion that it is the case, although you do not have definite knowledge about it. 猜中

By now you will have guessed that I'm back in Ohio. 此刻，你將已經(jīng)猜出我回到了俄亥俄。

He should have guessed what would happen. 他本應(yīng)該猜出將會發(fā)生什么的。

3. N-COUNT A guess is an attempt to give an answer or provide an opinion which may not be true because you do not have definite knowledge about the matter concerned. 猜想

My guess is that the chance that these vaccines will work is zero. 我的猜想是這些疫苗將起作用的可能性為零。

He'd taken her pulse and made a guess at her blood pressure. 他為她把了脈，對她的血壓做了估量。

4. PHRASE If you say that something is anyone's guess or anybody's guess, you mean that no one can be certain about what is really true. 誰也拿不準的事[非正式]

Just when this will happen is anyone's guess. 誰也拿不準這件事什么時候會發(fā)生。

5. PHRASE You say at a guess to indicate that what you are saying is only an estimate or what you believe to be true, rather than being a definite fact. 憑猜測[英國英語]

At a guess he's been dead for two days. 據(jù)猜測，他已經(jīng)死了兩天了。

6. PHRASE You say I guess to show that you are slightly uncertain or reluctant about what you are saying. 我想[美國英語] [非正式]

I guess he's right. 我想他是對的。

"I think you're being paranoid."—"Yeah. I guess so."

“我認為你是多疑了?！?— “是的，我想是的。”

7. PHRASE If someone keeps you guessing, they do not tell you what you want to know. 使某人猜不透

The author's intention is to keep everyone guessing until the bitter end. 這位作者的意圖是在最終結(jié)尾前讓所有人都猜不透。

8. CONVENTION You say guess what to draw attention to something exciting, surprising, or interesting that you are about to say. 想不到吧[非正式]

Guess what, I just got my first part in a film. 想不到吧，我剛得到我的第一個電影角色。