infer
英 /ɪnˈfɜː/ 美 /ɪnˈfɝː/
- v. 推断；推论to reach a conclusion using evidence rather than direct statements
From her muddy shoes, I inferred she had been gardening.
从她沾满泥土的鞋子，我推断她刚才在做园艺活。
Researchers cannot infer that smaller classes improve learning without examining other factors affecting student performance.
研究人员如果不考察影响学生表现的其他因素，就不能推断小班教学能改善学习效果。
搭配
infer from evidence 根据证据推断infer that 推断……reasonably infer 合理推断
辨析提示
infer是听者推断，imply是说者暗示。
词族
inference (n.)、inferential (adj.)
近义 deduce、conclude
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