infer

verb

1. 推断；推论；推理
   to reach an opinion or decide that sth is true on the basis of information that is available
   1. Much of the meaning must be inferred from the context.
      大部分含意必须从上下文中推断。
   2. It is reasonable to infer that the government knew about these deals.
      有理由推想政府知悉这些交易。
2. 间接地提出；暗示；意指
   to suggest indirectly that sth is true
   1. Are you inferring (that) I'm not capable of doing the job?
      你的言外之意是不是我不能胜任这份工作？

1. VERB 推断;推定
   If you infer that something is the case, you decide that it is true on the basis of information that you already have.
   1. I inferred from what she said that you have not been well...
      我从她的话语里推断你身体一直不太好。
   2. 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。
2. VERB 暗示,暗指,意味着(许多人认为此用法不正确)
   Some people use infer to mean 'imply', but many people consider this use to be incorrect.
   1. The police inferred that they found her behaviour rather suspicious.
      警方暗示他们发现她行为非常可疑。

Do not confuse infer and imply. If you infer that something is the case, you decide that it must be the case because of what you know, but without actually being told. From this simple statement I could infer a lot about his wife. If you imply that something is the case, you suggest that it is the case without actually saying so. Rose's barrister implied that he had married her for her money.
不要混淆 infer 与 imply。infer 表示在没有被明确告知的情况下，根据已知信息推断某事是事实。例如，From this simple statement I could infer a lot about his wife (从这句简单的话我能够推断出关于他妻子的很多情况)。imply 指不加以明说，但通过暗示表明某事的事实。例如，Rose's barrister implied that he had married her for her money (罗斯的律师暗示他是为了她的钱才娶了她)。

1. I inferred from what she said that you have not been well
   我从她的话语里推断你身体一直不太好。
2. 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。
3. The police inferred that they found her behaviour rather suspicious.
   警方暗示他们发现她行为非常可疑。
4. No one can infer such an opinion from his statement.
   谁也不能从他的声明中得出这种看法。
5. Men observe and infer in all sorts of ways.
   人们通过各个途径进行观察和推断。
6. The fossil remains of apemen can help us infer how they lived.
   猿人化石可以帮助我们推测猿人的生活情况。
7. The interpreter can infer variable type based on its use.
   解释器可以根据用法来推断变量的类型。
8. You can infer that new relationships have been created with the newly created entities Date and Time.
   您可以推断出，现在已经与新创建的Date和Time实体建立了新的关系。
9. 30. I infer that he is indifferent to differentiating the offers in different conferences.
   30.我推断他对区分不同会谈中的报价漠不关心。
10. And you would infer that temperance is not only noble, but also good?
    你会从推论中得出节制不仅高尚的，而且也是好的吗？
11. I infer from your letter that you do not wish to see us.
    我从你的来信推断你不愿见我们。
12. Like this certainly helps us to infer molecular mechanisms.
    这样的能帮助我们推断，一些分子机制。
13. What can you infer from the passage? B.
    从段落中你能推断出什么？
14. We can infer from Dr. Myers and Dr. Worm's paper that.
    从迈尔斯博士和沃尔姆博士的论文中我们可以推知。
15. What I infer from your comment is that we should leave now.
    从你的解释中可以看出，我们该走了。
16. From the existence or non-existence of an atomic fact we cannot infer the existence or non-existence of another.
    从一个原子事实的存在或不存在中，我们不能推断出另一个原子事实的存在或不存在。
17. In OWL, a range may be used to infer a type.
    而在OWL中，一个值域可被用来推断一个类型。
18. If the author compares two phenomena, you may be asked to infer the basis for the comparison.
    如果作者比较两个现象，你可能会被要求推导比较的基础或根据；
19. Do not know if I infer this is not it?
    不知道我这样推断对不对？
20. I infer from your rude comments that you don't like me.
    从你粗鲁的言论中我推断出你不喜欢我。
21. You can infer design but the science isn't going to tell you who the designer is.
    你可以推断出科学的设计，但不会告诉你是谁设计的。
22. What do you infer from her refusing?
    你从她的拒绝中推断出什么？
23. What do you infer from this man's hesitating manner?
    你从此人犹豫不决的态度中推断出什么呢？
24. We can infer from his expression that he is frustrated.
    我们可以从他的表情推断他很沮丧。
25. The Razor parser is smart enough to infer this from your code.
    Razor解析器足够聪明，能从你的代码中推断出来。
26. We can infer that black lost.
    我们可以推断黑棋输了。
27. We can infer climatological and biological changes.
    我们可以推断出气候和生物的变化。
28. What are we to infer from such behavior?
    我们从这样的行为推断出什么？
29. Hence we infer that there is dark matter in the Universe.
    因此我们推断出宇宙中存在暗物质。
30. We can infer their existence and know something of their nature.
    我们可以推断它们的存在，并知道其性质。

verb

1. believe to be the case
   1. I understand you have no previous experience?

   Synonym:    understand

2. guess correctly
   1. He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize

   Synonym:    guess

3. reason by deduction

   Synonym:    deducedeductderive

4. conclude by reasoning

   Synonym:    deduce

5. draw from specific cases for more general cases

   Synonym:    generalizegeneraliseextrapolate