infer
verbto reach an opinion or decide that something is true on the basis of information that is available 推斷；推論；推理 - infer something (from something)
Much of the meaning must be inferred from the context. 大部分含義必須從上下文中推斷。 Readers are left to infer the killer’s motives. 讀者可以推斷兇手的動機。 - infer that…
It is reasonable to infer that the government knew about these deals. 有理由推想政府知悉這些交易。
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentb2From this study we can reasonably infer that this characteristic is inherited. 根據這項研究，我們可以合理地推斷出這一特性是遺傳的。 It is difficult to infer anything from such evidence. 根據這樣的證據難以作出任何推斷。 It can be inferred from the evidence that the killer was quite a young man. 從證據可以推斷，兇手是個相當年輕的人。 What can we infer about the state of mind of the writer? 關於作者的心態，我們可以推斷出什麽？
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 間接地提出；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勝任這份工作？
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 意義相反，兩詞可能描述同一事情，但角度不同。imply 意爲暗示、暗指、意味着： The article implied that the pilot was responsible for the accident. 文章暗指飛行員應對事故負責。
infer 意爲從…中推斷、推論、推定： I inferred from the article that the pilot was responsible for the accident. 我從這篇文章推斷，飛行員應對事故負責。
- Infer is now often used in informal speech with the same meaning as imply:
Are you inferring that I’m a liar? 你是在推斷我是個騙子嗎？
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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’.