infer

英 [?n'f??] 美[?n'f?]
  • vt. 推斷;推論
  • vi. 推斷;作出推論

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詞態(tài)變化


第三人稱單數(shù):?infers;過(guò)去式:?inferred;過(guò)去分詞:?inferred;現(xiàn)在分詞:?inferring;

中文詞源


infer 推斷,推論

in-,進(jìn)入,使,-fer,帶來(lái),詞源同bring.即帶進(jìn)來(lái)的,引申詞義推斷,推論。

英文詞源


infer (v.)
1520s, from Latin inferre "bring into, carry in; deduce, infer, conclude, draw an inference; bring against," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + ferre "carry, bear," from PIE *bher- (1) "to bear, to carry, to take" (cognates: Sanskrit bharati "carries;" Avestan baraiti "carries;" Old Persian barantiy "they carry;" Armenian berem "I carry;" Greek pherein "to carry;" Old Irish beru/berim "I catch, I bring forth;" Gothic bairan "to carry;" Old English and Old High German beran, Old Norse bera "barrow;" Old Church Slavonic birati "to take;" Russian brat' "to take," bremya "a burden"). Sense of "draw a conclusion" is first attested 1520s.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. People usually infer an unknown fact from a known fact.
人們通常從已知的事實(shí)中推斷未知的事實(shí).

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. From this study we can reasonably infer that this behaviour is inherited.
根據(jù)這項(xiàng)研究我們可以合理地推斷出這種行為是遺傳的.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. What do you infer from the voting figures?
你從選舉數(shù)字中可以推出什么結(jié)論 呢 ?

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. From your smile I infer that you're pleased.
從你的笑容,我斷定你很高興.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. By measuring the motion of the galaxies in a cluster, astronomers can infer the cluster's mass.
通過(guò)測(cè)量星系在一個(gè)星系團(tuán)內(nèi)的運(yùn)動(dòng),天文學(xué)家們可以推定這個(gè)星系團(tuán)的質(zhì)量。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句