常用用法v. (動詞)infer的基本意思是“推斷,推知”,多指讀者、聽者或旁觀者在所見所聞的事物中推論出某事的內涵。引申則表示“意味著”。 infer可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作及物動詞時可接名詞或從句作賓語。 infer賓語后接介詞from表示“從…推斷出”,賓語是從句時, from短語可以提前。 infer的過去式、過去分詞均為inferred。 返回 infer詞語辨析v. (動詞)infer, conclude, deduce, gather, judge這幾個詞的共同意思是“推斷”。其區(qū)別在于:infer指從不太充分的論據(jù)或前提中推斷出結論; conclude指通過推理或判斷而得出結論; deduce指有充分根據(jù)地推論或邏輯上地演繹; gather指綜合事物得出印象或感想等; judge通常指經(jīng)過仔細鑒定或評價之后作出的決斷。例如:From his a manner of dress and style of living,I gather that he is man of considerable means.從他的穿著式樣和生活方式,我揣想他是個相當富有的人。She had concluded from that her grandmother did not like her.她已從那一點得出結論,斷定她祖母不喜歡她。If you saw a doctor leaving a house, you might deduce the fact that someone in the house was ill.你要是看到醫(yī)生從一家出來,你就可以推想那家有人生病。We see smoke and infer fire.我們看到煙,從而推斷有火。Judging from what you said, they ought to succeed.從你說的情況看來,他們應當能成功。infer, imply這組詞都與“暗示”有關:imply指作者或講演者用某種方式暗示的意思; 而infer是指讀者或聽眾從“暗示”中推斷。例如:The speaker or writer implies things; the listener or reader infers things.講演者和作者暗示事情,聽者和讀者則從中推斷事情。infer，deduce，conclude，gather，judge這些動詞均含“推斷”之意。infer指從已提供的論據(jù)或從已接受的前提出發(fā)而推斷出的結論。deduce指有充分根據(jù)的推論，也指邏輯學上的演繹。conclude指得出符合邏輯的結論。gather指從聽到的情況推測、判定。judge多指經(jīng)過仔細鑒定或評價之后作出決斷。 返回 infer