infer
verbto reach an opinion or decide that something is true on the basis of information that is available 推断；推论；推理 - infer something (from something)
Much of the meaning must be inferred from the context. 大部分含义必须从上下文中推断。 Readers are left to infer the killer’s motives. 读者可以推断凶手的动机。 - infer that…
It is reasonable to infer that the government knew about these deals. 有理由推想政府知悉这些交易。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2From this study we can reasonably infer that this characteristic is inherited. 根据这项研究，我们可以合理地推断出这一特性是遗传的。 It is difficult to infer anything from such evidence. 根据这样的证据难以作出任何推断。 It can be inferred from the evidence that the killer was quite a young man. 从证据可以推断，凶手是个相当年轻的人。 What can we infer about the state of mind of the writer? 关于作者的心态，我们可以推断出什么？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- reasonably
- correctly
- incorrectly
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- can
- be possible to
- be difficult to
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- from
- infer something (from something)
- infer (that)… | infer something (non-standard)
to suggest indirectly that something is true 间接地提出；暗示；意指 Are you inferring (that) I’m not capable of doing the job? 你的言外之意是不是我不能胜任这份工作？
Which Word? infer / implyinfer / implyTopics Suggestions and advicec2- Infer and imply have opposite meanings. The two words can describe the same event, but from different points of view. If a speaker or writer implies something, they suggest it without saying it directly:
infer 和 imply 意义相反，两词可能描述同一事情，但角度不同。imply 意为暗示、暗指、意味着： The article implied that the pilot was responsible for the accident. 文章暗指飞行员应对事故负责。
infer 意为从…中推断、推论、推定： I inferred from the article that the pilot was responsible for the accident. 我从这篇文章推断，飞行员应对事故负责。
- Infer is now often used in informal speech with the same meaning as imply:
Are you inferring that I’m a liar? 你是在推断我是个骗子吗？
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘bring about, inflict’): from Latin inferre ‘bring in, bring about’ (in medieval Latin ‘deduce’), from in- ‘into’ + ferre ‘bring’.