Theorize

(verb.) form or construct theories; 'he thinks and theorizes all day'.

(verb.) construct a theory about; 'Galileo theorized the motion of the stars'.

手打:西尔维亚

• It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• It is a capital mistake to theorize in advance of the facts. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• It tends to become a mere verbal formula, a set of catchwords used to render thinking, or genuine theorizing, unnecessary and impossible. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• I existed in a world of newly connected and newly modified ideas: I theorized, I imagined that I made discoveries. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• She was thoroughly charming to him, but of course he theorized a little about his attachment. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

整理:华莱士