投机

• Short selling is disruptive speculation that requires someone else to lose .
  买空卖空是破坏性很大的投机勾当，总要导致损人利己的结果。
• Isabel learned from her friend that the two had led a life of great personal intimacy .
  伊莎贝尔从她的朋友那里得悉，他们两人非常投机。
• Economic conditions fostering speculation in land have driven land values to a lofty level .
  助长土地投机的经济状况把土地价格推向极高的水平。
• One of the most startling aspects of the wild bull market was the suddenness with which it developed .
  投机狂潮的最惊人现象之一，是它发展的骤然性。
• Buying stock on margin gives speculators the opportunity to extend the scope of their operations .
  用保证金购买股票使投机者有扩大其活动规模的机会。
• A bold adventurer may sometimes acquire a considerable fortune by two or three successful speculations .
  大胆的冒险者，有时也许由于两三次投机的成功而获得很大一笔财产。
• It was by his advice that my father risked most of his property in the speculation that ruined him .
  我父亲正是听了他的劝告方把大部分财产拿去冒险做投机生意，结果破了产。
• You should understand, it was then close upon the time of alan's coming, the two were little likely to agree .
  你们要知道，这是艾伦快要来的时候了。他们两人不象是谈得投机的。
• Much of the land was grabbed by large agricultural speculators, often driving off families already farming there .
  很多土地被大农业投机者夺走，常常还把已经在那里做工的农户赶走。
• Will had a happier way of drawing her husband into conversation and of deferentially listening to him .
  威尔不仅能说会道，跟她丈夫谈得很投机，而且在她丈夫谈的时候，她总是洗耳恭听。