infer
英 [n'f]
美[n'f]
英英释义
同义词辨析
考试真题
实用场景例句
近义词derive presume assume imagine reason gather suppose conclude deduce reckon expect calculate
vt. 推断;推论
vi. 推断;作出推论
CET6TEM4考研低频词CET4GRE核心词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数: infers;过去式: inferred;过去分词: inferred;现在分词: inferring;
中文词源
infer 推断,推论in-,进入,使,-fer,带来,词源同bring.即带进来的,引申词义推断,推论。
英文词源
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.
双语例句
1. People usually infer an unknown fact from a known fact. 人们通常从已知的事实中推断未知的事实. 来自《简明英汉词典》
2. From this study we can reasonably infer that this behaviour is inherited. 根据这项研究我们可以合理地推断出这种行为是遗传的. 来自《简明英汉词典》
3. What do you infer from the voting figures? 你从选举数字中可以推出什么结论 呢 ? 来自《简明英汉词典》
4. From your smile I infer that you're pleased. 从你的笑容,我断定你很高兴. 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
5. By measuring the motion of the galaxies in a cluster, astronomers can infer the cluster's mass. 通过测量星系在一个星系团内的运动,天文学家们可以推定这个星系团的质量。 来自柯林斯例句