1[countableC]MEANING something that you think is true, based on information that you have 推论,推断的结果
draw/make inferences (about/from something)
What inferences have you drawn from this evidence?
你从这个证据中推论出了什么结果?
2[uncountableU]MEANING when someone infers something 推理,推断
by inference
He was portrayed as a hero and, by inference, Thompson as the villain.
他被描写成英雄,由此推论,汤普森则成了恶棍。
—inferential /ˌɪnfəˈrenʃəl◂/adjectiveadj
inferential evidence
推论性证据
—inferentiallyadverbadv
Examples from the Corpus
draw/make inferences (about/from something)• The comparison of these few-country studies demonstrates the importance of case selection and unit of analysis for drawing inferences.• Comparing many countries is the best method for drawing inferences that have more global applicability.• The chapteroutlines each method and discusses how each is useful for drawing inferences.• We must make inferences about the healthstatus of the survivors from these data.• Evolutionary theorising is a matter of making inferences to the best explanation.• Questions about the validity of making inferences from a small number of cases have been asked, for example.• Similarly we can only make inferences about the nature of learning from observing these changes.• Have the students make inferences about and discuss humaninfluence on their environment.
by inference• They portrayed her as the hero, and by inference , Mr. Thompson as the villain.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + INFERENCE | INFERENCE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤fair, logical, reasonable, valid合理的推斷;合乎邏輯的推理;有效的推理▸➤obvious顯而易見的推斷結果VERB + INFERENCE➤draw, make得出推論;作出推斷➤allow, support認可/支持推論INFERENCE + VERB➤be based on sth推論基於⋯◇inferences based on their answers to a number of set questions根據他們對一些固定問題的回答而得出的推論PREPOSITION➤inference about關於⋯的推論◇In the absence of detailed documentary evidence, we can only make inferences about Minoan religion.由於沒有詳細的文獻佐證,對於彌諾斯宗教我們只能作出一些推測。➤inference from根據⋯作出推斷◇The value of data depends on our skill in drawing inferences from it.數據的價值取決於我們從中作出推論的能力。