infer

[in'fə:]

vt.推断, 猜测, 暗示
vi.作出推论

vt.

1. 推断, 推论; 猜想[(+from)][+(that)]

I infer that my proposal has been accepted.

我推测我的建议已被接受。

People inferred that so able a governor would make a good president.

人们推定, 如此能干的州长会成为一名好总统的。

infer a conclusion from the facts

根据事实推断出结论

2. 意味着; 暗示; 表明

Ragged clothing infers poverty.

衣衫褴褛意味着贫困。

vi.

作出推论

词形变化

形容词: inferable | 副词: inferably | 名词: inferrer | 动词过去式: inferred | 动词过去分词: inferred | 动词现在分词: inferring | 动词第三人称单数: infers |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.推理; 推断; 推测

conclude  reason  deduce  gather  derive  assume  presume  suppose  expect  reckon  calculate  imagine

vt.暗示

indicate  imply  suggest  hint  

同义参见:

think  take  suspect  surmise  allude  couch  construe  

英英释义

动词 infer:

reason by deduction; establish by deduction

同义词：deduce, deduct, derive

draw from specific cases for more general cases

同义词：generalize, generalise, extrapolate

conclude by reasoning; in logic

同义词：deduce

guess correctly; solve by guessing

同义词：guess

believe to be the case

同义词：understand

补充

inferinfer英:[inˈfə:] 美:[ɪnˈfɚ]vt.1.推断, 推知From his remarks, I inferred that he hadn't enjoyed his holiday.从他的话中我推断他的假期过得不愉快。

例句

1. By measuring the motion of the galaxies in a cluster, astronomers can infer the cluster's mass.通过测量星团中星系的运动, 天文学家可以推断出该星团的质量。 2. information from which he can infer the future course of events他能从中推断出事件未来走向的信息 3. We can infer that if the battery is dead, the horn will not sound.我们可以推断, 如果电池用完了, 喇叭也就不会响了。 4. I inferred from what she said that you have not been well.我根据她说的话推断, 你身体一直不太好。 5. The police inferred that they found her behaviour rather suspicious.警方暗示, 他们发现她的行为相当可疑。 6. I don't like what you're inferring.我不喜欢你的言外之意。 7. His silence infers his guilt.他的沉默表明他很内疚。 8. to infer a motive from an effect从效果推知动机 9. You may infer from his remarks the implications.你可以从他的话语中猜测其含义。 10. Your silence infers consent.你的沉默就是表示同意。 11. From this we may certainly infer that…我们由此可以断定… 12. [with clause]from these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing.从这些事实我们可以推断，犯罪率一直在上升。 13. I inferred from our conversation that he was unhappy with his job.从我们的谈话中，可以推断出他不大满意那份工作。 14. It's difficult to infer how these changes will affect ordinary citizens.难以推断这些变化将如何影响普通市民。 15. "She said she was pleased, but her true feelings could be inferred from the look of disappointment on her face."她嘴上说高兴，但她的真实感受可以从脸上的失望表情推断出来。 16. I inferred from his silence that he was angry about my decision.从他的沉默不语我推断他对我的决定感到生气。 17. Are you inferring that I'm wrong?你的意思是我错了吗？