infer

/ɪnˈfɜː(r)/ v.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

推断;推定(根据已有信息得出结论)

释义与例句

v. 推断;推定(根据已有信息得出结论)
to form an opinion about something by using information you already have
  1. From her accent, I inferred that she was from the north.
    从她的口音,我推断她是北方人。
  2. What can we infer from these survey results?
    从这些调查结果我们能推断出什么?
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. The police inferred that the thief had left by the back door.
    警方推断小偷是从后门离开的。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 记 infer...from...(从……推断出……);说话者 imply(暗示),听话者 infer(推断),方向别弄反。

词族与关联词

词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
  • inference 推断;推论
    名词,如 draw an inference from...(从……得出推论)。
同义词
  • deduce 推论;演绎出
    deduce 强调按严密逻辑推导,语气正式,多用于推理题、科学结论;infer 泛指依据线索得出结论。从表情 infer 某人不悦只是猜测性推断,谈不上 deduce;说 2+2=4 这类严格推理则用 deduce。
    She deduced the answer from the first two lines. 她从前两行推算出了答案。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
  • imply 暗示;言下之意是
    infer 是‘听者/读者推断’,imply 是‘说话者暗示’,主语方向相反。He implied that the plan would fail(他暗示计划会失败),I inferred from his words that it would fail(我从他的话推断出会失败)。不能说 He inferred his meaning to us(×,应为 implied)。
    His silence implied that he disagreed. 他的沉默暗示他并不同意。
常见搭配
  • infer something from something 从……推断出……
    You can infer her opinion from her latest article. 你可以从她最近的文章推断她的观点。
  • infer that... 推断出……
    The report infers that demand will keep rising. 报告推断需求将持续上升。