• vt. 推斷；推論
• vi. 推斷；作出推論

in-,進入，使，-fer,帶來，詞源同bring.即帶進來的，引申詞義推斷，推論。

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.

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