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.…