1DECIDEthe process of using the knowledge or information you have in order to understand something or form an opinion, or the opinion that you form 推论,推断,演绎
Children will soon make deductions about the meaning of a word.
儿童不久就能推断词义了。
2COUNT/CALCULATEthe process of taking away an amount from a total, or the amount that is taken away 扣除;扣除额
After deductions for tax etc, your salary is about £700 a month.
1working things out from the facts推斷ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEDUCTION | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤brilliant聰明的推斷▸➤logical符合邏輯的推論▸➤reasonable合理的推論VERB + DEDUCTION➤make作出推論PREPOSITION➤by deduction通過推論◇She arrived at this conclusion by logical deduction.她通過邏輯推理得出這個結論。➤deduction about關於⋯的推論◇We can make some deductions about the history of the ruins.關於這一廢墟的歷史,我們可以作一些推論。PHRASES➤powers of deduction推理能力◇a detective with excellent powers of deduction推理能力很強的偵探➤a process of deduction推理過程◇She arrived at the solution by a simple process of deduction.她通過簡單的推理找到了解決問題的方法。deduction
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2taking an amount from a total; the amount taken扣減;扣除量ADJECTIVE | VERB + DEDUCTION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤monthly, weekly每月的/每星期的扣減◇monthly deductions for health insurance每月扣除的醫療保險費➤tax稅金扣除額➤payroll (especially NAmE) 工資扣款➤charitable (NAmE) 慈善扣款VERB + DEDUCTION➤make扣減◇The company automatically makes tax deductions from your salary.公司會自動從你的工資中扣除稅款。➤itemize詳細列舉各項扣款➤claim要求扣除◇You should claim the deduction when you file your tax return.你填寫納稅申報單時應當要求扣除。➤get, take (both NAmE) 得到抵扣◇A skilled accountant will make sure that you take the proper business deductions.有經驗的會計師會確保你得到正當的營業抵扣。PREPOSITION➤deduction for⋯的扣減◇deductions for travel costs旅行費用扣除款項➤deduction from從⋯中的扣減◇deductions from his wages他的工資扣款