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BNC: 2218 COCA: 862

guess

Word family 
guess1 /ɡes/ ●●● S1 W3 verb  
1  [intransitiveI, transitiveT]GUESS to try to answer a question or form an opinion when you are not sure whether you will be correct 猜，猜测
 I’d say he’s around 50, but I’m only guessing.
我想他50岁左右，不过也只是猜测。
guess right/correctly/wrong
 If you guess correctly, you have another turn.
如果猜对了，还会有一次机会。
guess what/who/how etc
 You can guess what happened next.
你可以猜猜接下来发生了什么。
guess at
 We can only guess at the cause of the crash.
我们只能猜测这次撞车事故的原因。
 What star sign are you? No, let me guess.
你是什么星座的？别说，让我来猜猜看。
difficult/hard/easy etc to guess
 It’s hard to guess his age because he dyes his hair.
他的年龄不好猜，因为他染了头发。
2  [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to realize that something is true even though you do not know for certain 猜对，猜中，猜出
guess (that)
 I guessed that you must be related because you look so similar.
我猜你们肯定是亲戚，你们长得这么像。
guess from
 I guessed from his expression that he already knew about the accident.
我从他的表情猜得出来，他已经知道出事了。
 Can you guess the identity of this week’s special guest?
你们猜得出本周的特邀嘉宾是谁吗？
3  keep somebody guessing GUESSto make someone feel excited or not sure about what will happen next 〔不告诉某人下一步将发生什么〕让某人捉摸不定
 a thriller that keeps audiences guessing
悬念迭起的惊险影片
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keep somebody guessing• Our supervisor likes to keep everyone guessing.
4  I guess spoken
a) used to say that you think something is true or likely, although you are not sure 我想，我认为
 His light’s on, so I guess he’s still up.
他的灯亮着，所以我猜他还没睡。
b) used to say that you will do something even though you do not really want to 我想〔表示打算做某事〕
 I’m tired, so I guess I’ll stay home tonight.
我累了，所以我想今晚待在家里。
Examples from the Corpus
I guess• Slim was gone-to Montana, I guess.• Well fifteen, half an hour and then a break, I guess.• You could add something about the hurricane, I guess.• Rob just got tired of living with her, I guess.• They live somewhere between Saginaw and Lansing, I guess.• I did not know the name, but I guessed at once who she was.• His light's on, so I guess he's still up.• I guess his dad had to work two jobs when they were little.• I guess how each one I guess.• I guess I'll stay home tonight.• From the shape of its lights I guessed it was one of the small Peugeots.• "Is the truck safe to drive now?" "I guess so."• I guess this is the best way to do it.• I am weary. I guess you read one porno magazine and the second one is just the same.
5  I guess so/not spoken used to agree or disagree with a statement or question 我想是的/我想不是
 ‘You’re one lucky guy.’ ‘I guess so.’
“你是个幸运的家伙。”“我想是的。”
 ‘I don’t really have any choice, do I?’ ‘I guess not.’
“我其实没有任何选择，是不是？”“我想是的。”
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I guess so/not• "She wasn't happy?" "I guess not."• Dope, is it? I guess so.
6  guess what/you’ll never guess who/what etc spokenGUESS used before you tell someone something that will surprise them 猜猜看/你永远也猜不出是谁/是什么等
 Guess what! Bradley’s resigned.
你猜怎么着，布拉德利辞职了。
 You’ll never guess who I saw today.
你永远也猜不出我今天见到谁了。
→ second-guess
Examples from the Corpus
guess• "Are you Dan's brother?'' "Yes, how did you guess?''• "Don't tell me - you got the job." "How'd you guess?"• You should have come to Ward or me the minute you suspected it, instead of fooling around guessing.• Are you sure Linda's pregnant, or are you just guessing?• We can only guess at the cause of the crash.• I'm only guessing, but I should think their house is worth over a million.• Perhaps you can guess exactly where I fell that night.• No prizes either for guessing his four-legged friend is named after a famous Liverpool manager.• I guess how each one I guess.• Guess how much I paid for this watch!• I guess I was doing the best I could with the knowledge I had.• Which hand have I got the chocolate in? If you guess right you can have it.• He guessed she was about 30.• I didn't know all the answers so I just had to guess some of them.• She might have guessed that as soon as she tried for a little peace and quiet the whole place would be inundated with callers.• Sally guessed that he had been drinking for most of the afternoon.• From their behaviour it was easy to guess that they were married.• Detectives guess the attacker must be aged from 25 - 30.• Already he's guessing the colour of her toothbrush.• Luckily, I guessed the right answer and won the prize!• They had already guessed the truth about their son's disappearance.• Guy looked at her face, and guessed what she was thinking.• Guess who I saw in town yesterday.• And I guess, yeah, we could stand to read more.
difficult/hard/easy etc to guess• It then turns into a mystery with an outcome much too easy to guess.• Say, how did Prudence come by her fortune? Hard to guess, quite a question.• It was easy to guess that last evening's walk had not been a success.• It was not difficult to guess the direction his thoughts were taking.• It's hardly difficult to guess the sequence of events immediately after he'd quietly inserted his key in the Yale lock.• Consultants rely heavily on focus groups be-cause it is difficult to guess what audiences will like or hate.• He knew every inflection of the marquis's voice and it wasn't hard to guess what had happened.
guess (that)• In her mid-twenties, I'd guess.• I guess he thought that I knew all about it, since I lived here.• Yet my guess is that after yesterday Hick will prevail for several reasons.• The habitat I refer to, as you may have guessed, is the garden.• Then she heard an outer door close, and guessed that refreshment had been delivered.• It had been a lucky guess, that was all.• Have them notice the position of the eyes on various animals and ask them to guess the reasons for the differences.• I would never have guessed they were a couple.• I bet you've got a shrewd guess what's in it.
guess2 ●●● S3 noun [countableC]  
1  GUESSan attempt to answer a question or make a judgment when you are not sure whether you will be correct 猜测
 I’d say she’s about 35, but that’s only a guess.
我说她大约35岁，不过那只是猜测。
2  be anybody’s guess NOT KNOWto be something that no one knows 谁也不知道，谁也拿不准
 What she’s going to do with her life now is anybody’s guess.
现在她打算怎么生活谁也不知道。
Examples from the Corpus
be anybody’s guess• It's anybody's guess where he's disappeared to.• Disenfranchised voters are believed to number at least 100,000 - though why the lenders want their business is anybody's guess.• And how many days and weeks and years made up a duration was anybody's guess.• Which came first is anybody's guess, but the two are now working together to make the patient even more ill.• It is anybody's guess as to how the sale will fare.• Whether the idea will catch on is anybody's guess.• How often, when and where women-only units would see active service is anybody's guess.• What the Spice Girls' eight-year-old girl fans make of this is anybody's guess.• Strangely, what may happen at the taking of the sample itself seems to be anybody's guess.
3. your guess is as good as mine spokenDON'T CARE used to tell someone that you do not know any more than they do about something 我跟你一样不知道
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your guess is as good as mine• "When's the next bus coming?" "Your guess is as good as mine."• "Who do you think will win the World Cup?" "Your guess is as good as mine."
 COLLOCATIONS
verbs
make a guess 作猜测
5Most farmers can make a good guess at what the weather will be like.
大多数农民都能对天气情况猜个八九不离十。
nI didn't know the answer to question 7, so I just had to make a guess.
have a guess British EnglishBrE, take a guess American EnglishAmE: 猜一猜
Go on, have a guess at how much it cost.
来吧，猜猜它是多少钱买的。
nTake a guess. How many people do you think showed up?
hazard a guess (=guess something, when you feel very uncertain) 贸然猜测
No one at this stage is prepared to hazard a guess about the outcome of the elections.
这一阶段没人敢贸然猜测选举的结果。
adjectives
a rough guess (=one that is not exact) 粗略的猜测
This is just a rough guess, but I think it would cost about $50.
只是大致猜一下，我想它在50元左右。
a wild guess (=one made without much thought or information) 胡乱的猜测
I made a wild guess and I got the answer right first time.
我瞎猜了一下，一次就猜对了。
a lucky guess 幸运的猜测
‘How did you know?’ ‘It was just a lucky guess.’
“你是怎么知道的？”“只是运气好猜中的。”
a good guess (=one that is likely to be right) 准确的猜测
I'm not sure how old she is, but I can make a good guess!
我不知道她的年龄，但可以猜个差不离！
somebody’s best guess (=one that you think is most likely to be right) 某人最好的猜测
nMy best guess is that it will take around six months.
an educated/informed guess (=a guess based on things that you know are correct) 有根据的猜测
nStockbrokers try to make educated guesses as to which stocks will do well.
nan intelligent guess
Analysis of the archaeological site will help us make an intelligent guess as to what it was used for.
nan inspired guess (=a very good guess that you make suddenly)
It’s hard to believe he got that right with just an inspired guess.
phrases
my guess is (that) 我的猜测是
My guess is there won’t be many people there.
我猜那里不会有许多人。
at a guess British EnglishBrE (=used when saying that you are making a guess) 据猜测
I'd say it was built around the turn of the century, at a guess.
据猜测，它大约建于世纪之初。
I’ll give you three guesses (=used to tell someone that it should be easy for them to guess the answer to their question) 我让你猜三次〔用于表示很容易猜中〕
n‘Where is he?’ ‘I’ll give you three guesses.’
Examples from the Corpus
guess• I'm not sure why she left him, but I think I can make a guess.• This is only a guess, but I think Barbara might have gone to Jan's house.• "Did Cindy tell you that she's sold the business?" "No, it was just an educated guess."• "When was the house built - about 1600?" "That's a good guess - it was 1624."• I didn't really know the answer. It was just a lucky guess.• The reporters could not tell whether this was because Kalmbach was a lucky guess or a ridiculous one.• It is anybody's guess as to how the sale will fare.• What happens to Mr Mandelson next is anyone's guess.• And those guesses will come more from our own sense of meaning and beauty than the actual beliefs of the cave artists.• "Who's her new boyfriend then?" "I'll give you three guesses!''• I'll give you three guesses.• Your guess is as good as mine.
Origin guess1
(1200-1300) Probably from a Scandinavian language
guess1 verbguess2 noun →COLLOCATIONS1
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BNC: 2218 COCA: 862
guess

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + GUESS | GUESS + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤fair, good, reasonable, safe合理的猜測；有把握的猜測◇April is a safe guess for first deliveries.4 月最有可能是第一次交貨的時間。➤educated, informed基於知識的／有依據的猜測◇She could make an educated guess as to what was wrong with him.她能夠憑知識推斷出他哪裏有問題。➤rough, wild大概的／胡亂的猜測◇At a rough guess, I'd say we're about twenty miles from home.粗略估算一下，我認為我們離家約有 20 英里。➤correct, lucky正確的猜測；僥幸猜中◇'How did you know?' 'It was just a lucky guess.'“你怎麼知道的？”“只不過是僥幸猜中罷了。”➤first, initial最初的／初步的猜測VERB + GUESS➤have, hazard, make, take, venture (especially NAmE) 猜測；冒險猜一下；猜想◇If you don't know the answer, have / take a guess.如果你不知道答案，可以猜一下。◇If I might hazard a guess...如果我可以冒險猜一下的話⋯◇If I had to venture a guess, I'd say this was painted in the 1890s.讓我冒昧猜一下的話，我認為這幅畫是 19 世紀 90 年代畫的。➤give sb讓某人猜◇'Where's Tom?' 'I'll give you three guesses (= the answer is obvious and you should guess it easily)!'“湯姆在哪裏？”“我讓你猜 3 次！”GUESS + VERB➤be correct, be right猜測正確；猜對了PREPOSITION➤at a guess憑猜測◇At a guess, I'd say there's a problem with the fuel pump.我估計燃料泵出了問題。➤guess about, guess as to, guess at對⋯的猜測◇He made a wild guess as to how much the piano might cost.他胡亂地猜了一下鋼琴的價格。PHRASES➤sb's best guess某人的最佳猜測◇What's your best guess on what's going to happen?你認為最可能會發生什麼事？➤a guess based on sth基於⋯的猜測◇a guess based on your experience基於你的經驗的猜測
guess

verb

ADVERB | VERB + GUESS | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤correctly, right猜對；猜中▸➤incorrectly, wrong猜錯◇Jane had guessed wrong about who was responsible for the fire.簡沒有猜對誰該對這場火災負責。➤easily容易猜中◇an easily guessed password容易猜對的字謎VERB + GUESS➤can能猜到◇Can you guess his age?你能猜出他的年齡嗎？➤can only只能猜測◇We can only guess how fast a dinosaur might have run.我們只能猜測恐龍能跑多快。➤try to試圖猜測▸➤be easy to, not be difficult to, not be hard to容易猜測；不難推測◇It's not hard to guess where they went.不難猜到他們去了哪裏。PREPOSITION➤at猜測⋯◇I was only guessing at her age.我只是在猜測她的年齡。➤from從⋯猜測◇She guessed from his expression that he had not won.她從他的表情推測出他沒贏。PHRASES➤could have guessed, might have guessed, should have guessed本能夠／本可以／本應該猜到◇So it was Rob who broke the window? I might have guessed!這麼說是羅布打碎了窗玻璃？我早就應該猜到的！➤guess again再猜一次◇That's not the answer. Guess again.答案不正確。再猜一次。◇If you think I'm lying, well guess again.如果你認為我撒謊，那你就錯了。➤if you haven't already guessed如果你沒有猜對的話◇If you haven't already guessed, I'm going out with Steve.你不知道吧，我要和史蒂夫一起出去。➤I guess so, I guess not我猜想是如此；我不這樣認為➤let me guess讓我猜一下◇What star sign are you? No, let me guess.你是哪個星座的？別說，讓我猜一下。➤you can probably guess, you have probably guessed你很可能猜到；也許你早已猜到◇You can probably guess how she reacted!你或許可以料想到她的反應！➤you'll never guess where, who, how, etc.你永遠猜不出在哪裏、是誰、怎樣等◇You'll never guess who I saw yesterday!你永遠猜不到我昨天見到了誰！
BNC: 2218 COCA: 862
guess verb
⇨ guess (You'll never guess.) ⇨ estimate (guess his age) ⇨ suppose (I guess so.)guess noun
⇨ speculation guess

verb

guess ♦︎ surmise ♦︎ conjectureThese words all mean to form an idea of what is happening or what is true when you do not have many facts to base this on. 这些词均表示猜测、估计。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to guess / surmise / conjecture that...◆to guess / surmise sth from sth◆to guess / surmise / conjecture what / how / why...◆to guess / surmise sth correctly■ guess [intransitive, transitive] to try to give an answer or make a judgement about sth without being sure of all the facts 猜测；估计◆I don't really know. I'm just guessing.我并不知道，只是猜测。◆We can only guess at her reasons for leaving.对她离去的原因我们只能猜测。◆He guessed right / wrong.他猜对／错了。◆How old do you think I am? Go on, guess!你认为我多大？来吧，猜猜看！◆I guessed from John's expression that something was badly wrong.从约翰的表情看，我猜测发生了严重问题。◆Guess who's here!猜猜看谁在这儿！◆We can't begin to guess his reasons.我们真猜不出他的理由是什么。◆What did you get her for Christmas? Let me guess (= used when you think you probably know).你圣诞节送了她什么？让我猜一下。  see also guess ⇨ speculation noun ■ surmise səˈmaɪz; NAmE sərˈmaɪz [transitive] (formal) to guess or suppose sth using the evidence that you have, without definitely knowing 推测；猜测◆I surmised that they had been having an argument.我猜测他们刚刚吵了一架。◆What he had done with the money can only be surmised.他用那笔钱做了什么只能猜测。▸ surmise ˈsɜːmɑɪz; NAmE ˈsɜːrmaɪz

noun

 [uncountable, countable, usually singular] ◆This is pure surmise on my part.这纯粹是我的猜测。◆He was glad to have his surmise confirmed.他很高兴他的猜测得到了证实。■ conjecture kənˈdʒektʃə(r) [transitive, intransitive] (formal) to form an opinion about sth even though you do not have much information about it 推测；猜测◆He conjectured that the population might double in ten years.他推测人口在十年后可能会翻倍。◆We can only conjecture about what was in the killer's mind.我们只能猜测当时凶手的想法。  see also conjecture ⇨ speculation noun
BNC: 2218 COCA: 862
guess
To guess: guess, estimate, gauge...
Guesses and estimates: guess, estimate, speculation...

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