infer
英[?n'f??]
美[?n'f?]
- vt. 推斷；推論
- vi. 推斷；作出推論
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?infers;過去式:?inferred;過去分詞:?inferred;現在分詞:?inferring;
中文詞源
infer 推斷，推論
in-,進入，使，-fer,帶來，詞源同bring.即帶進來的，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.
雙語例句
- 1. People usually infer an unknown fact from a known fact.
- 人們通常從已知的事實中推斷未知的事實.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. From this study we can reasonably infer that this behaviour is inherited.
- 根據這項研究我們可以合理地推斷出這種行為是遺傳的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. What do you infer from the voting figures?
- 你從選舉數字中可以推出什么結論 呢 ?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. From your smile I infer that you're pleased.
- 從你的笑容,我斷定你很高興.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. By measuring the motion of the galaxies in a cluster, astronomers can infer the cluster's mass.
- 通過測量星系在一個星系團內的運動，天文學家們可以推定這個星系團的質量。
來自柯林斯例句