单词
speculative building
释义
speculative buildingnoun[U]PROPERTYuk
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theactivityofbuildinghouseswithout having anybuyerswaitingfor them:Allspeculativebuildingis onholdbecause of theweakeconomy.
speculative builder
noun[C](alsospec builder)You must belicensedandpaytaxas aspeculativebuilderif you are in thebusinessofhomesales.(Definition ofspeculative buildingfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofspeculative building
speculative buildingIn many of their projects they were providing an architectural shell for highly standardized floorplans, for commercial enrepreneurs engaged inspeculativebuilding.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Speculativebuildingwas rife, with some developers focussing on high speed and low cost.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.With the lease formally established in 1785 they became very wealthy and startedspeculativebuildingin the grounds.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is a 12000sqft m2.speculativebuildingavailable.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Speculativebuildinghas long been a part of urban history, not just for centuries, but for millennia.From theCambridge English CorpusBoth types of evidence forspeculativebuildingare strong, although neither is incontrovertible.From theCambridge English CorpusLack of growth during much of the medieval period further deterredspeculativebuilding.From theCambridge English CorpusIn the other study areas in both cities,speculativebuildingwas overwhelmingly dominant.From theCambridge English CorpusFinally, these are only tentative explanations for what historians inevitably describe aboutspeculativebuilding.From theCambridge English CorpusIsspeculativebuildingunderappreciated in urban history?From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/speculative-building##
