| 单词 | infer |
| 释义 | in·fer transitive verb 1. obsolete a. b. c. 2. < we see smoke and infer fire — L.A.White > : accept or derive as a consequence, conclusion, or probability < task of physical science is to infer knowledge of external objects from a set of signals passing along our nerves — A.S.Eddington > < the child infers the existence of an environment which is not part of itself — James Jeans > — compare imply 3. < given some utterance, a person may infer from it all sorts of things which neither the utterance nor the utterer implied — I.A.Richards > < as may be inferred from the picture, travel through this type of forest was comparatively easy — C.B.Hitchcock > 4. a. < democracy infers such loving comradeship — Walt Whitman > b. < this doth infer the zeal I had to see him — Shakespeare > — compare imply 5. < did not take part in the debate except to ask a question inferring that the constitution must be changed — Manchester Guardian Weekly > < complain of the American accent, inferring that American culture is unworthy of notice — W.C.Greet > 6. obsolete intransitive verb < men have been thinking for ages … have observed, inferred, and reasoned in all sorts of ways and to all kinds of results — John Dewey > Synonyms: < the population of Gloucester may readily be inferred from the number of houses which King found in the returns of hearth money — T.B.Macaulay > < your letter has just arrived and allows me to infer that you are as well as ever — O.W.Holmes †1935 > < most of the material in this book was spoken before it was printed, as may perhaps be inferred from the style — Elmer Davis > deduce adds to infer implications of ordered logical thought processes used in the study of logic to draw a specific inference from a general principle, in popular use to infer a truth from analysis of evidence < for the apprehension of new elements requires a sensitive perception and familiarity with new details and cannot be deduced from established principles — M.R.Cohen > < a register at the head of the stairs on a wooden shelf. The last entry was in pencil, three weeks previous as to date, and had been written by someone with a very unsteady hand. I deduced from this that the management was not overparticular — Raymond Chandler > conclude may indicate attaining to a fact, truth, or belief after ordered consideration following through with necessary consequences of evidence weighed or facts observed < do not conclude that all state activities will be state monopolies — G.B.Shaw > < concluded that all of the senses were of equal value in obtaining knowledge of the world, and that with one sense alone “the understanding has as many faculties as with the five joined together” — S.F.Mason > judge stresses careful, critical examination of evidence in attempting to arrive at a wise or fit conclusion < there is a unifying as well as a discriminating phase of judgment — technically known as synthesis in distinction from analysis. This unifying phase, even more than the analytic, is a function of the creative response of the individual who judges — John Dewey > < the lawfulness or unlawfulness of taking part in deeds of violence must be judged on the merits of each particular case — W.R.Inge > gather implies conclusion by reflection but not pondering on impressions formed from cumulative evidence < piecing together classical tradition and references in Egyptian and Hebrew records, we gather that for some three centuries onwards from 1600 B.C. Phoenicia was a dependency of the Pharaohs — Edward Clodd > < that I myself believe there may be more than one kind of good poetry might, I think, have been gathered from that paragraph of mine which Professor Grierson then quotes — F.R.Leavis > |
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