Reaching for an answer when you don't have enough to be sure — filling the gap without full information.

可以想成在資訊不夠的情況下,伸手抓一個答案:你不確定對不對,但還是給出一個說法。guess 的所有意思都從這個畫面長出來——可以是憑感覺亂猜,也可以是靠零星線索推出真相,還能軟化成口語裡「我想大概是吧」這種沒把握的語氣。

Four branches

猜這個動作

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guess (estimate) · verb · A2

To try to give an answer or opinion when you do not have enough information to be sure if it is right.

猜;猜測

沒人猜得到

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keep somebody guessing · verb · A2

If something keeps people guessing, it makes them feel excited or unsure because they cannot tell what will happen next.

讓人猜不透;吊人胃口

口語裡的「我想」

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I guess (supposing) · verb · A2

Used to say you think something is true or likely, although you are not completely sure — close to 'I suppose'.

我想(大概是);我猜

報消息的開場

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guess what · verb · A2

Used before you tell someone news that will surprise them, as in 'Guess what!' or 'You'll never guess ...'.

你猜怎麼著(要報好消息)

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

guessverb/ɡɛs/

  • 1

    To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

    • We can only guess at what was going through her mind.
    • She guessed that the delivery driver must have got stuck in traffic.
  • 2

    To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

    • He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
    • You guessed the right answer!
  • 3

    To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

    • That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.
    • Not all together; better far, I guess, / That we do make our entrance several ways.
  • 4

    To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".

    • "I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right."
    • "I guess I'll go to bed."
  • 5

    obsoleteTo hit upon or reproduce by memory.

    • Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them.

guessnoun/ɡɛs/

  • 1

    A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

    • If you don't know the answer, take a guess.
    • "But I shall have eleven guesses," answered Ozma. "Surely I ought to guess one object in eleven correctly; and, if I do, I shall rescue one of the royal family and be safe myself. Then the rest of you may attempt it, and soon we shall free all those who are enslaved."

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