infer
verb[T]
formaluk/ɪnˈfɜːr/us/-ˈfɝː/-rr-C2
toformanopinionorguessthat something istruebecause of theinformationthat you have:
推断,推论,推理What do you inferfromherrefusal?你从她的拒绝中能推断出什么?
[+ that]I inferredfromherexpressionthatshewantedtoleave.从她的表情上我可判断出她想离开。
Concluding and deducing
- analysis
- deduce
- deducible
- deductive
- diagnosis
- draw
- drawn
- imputesomethingtosomeone
- in the last/final analysisidiom
- inconclusively
- inductive
- inductively
- must
- put
- putsomethingdown tosomething
- put two and two together and make fiveidiom
- put two and two togetheridiom
- reason
- syllogism
- syllogistic
Grammar
Implyorinfer?
We imply something by what we say. We infer something from what somebody else says. The main difference between these two words is that a speaker can imply, but a listener can only infer.…