英语词汇（155）

 

                                                            infer 、deduce   

 

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infer

deduce      

 

infer  “推理”、“推断”，指根据证据或材料作出推断，但这种推断可能是对的，也可能是不对的。

 

1) I infer from his speech that the plan to build a water power there station is still in the       air.

          （我从他的演讲中推断出这项建造一个水电站的项目还没有定下来。

   2) It is possible to infer two completely opposite conclusions from this set of facts.

          （从这组的事实可能推断出两种截然相反的结论。）

 

deduce “推论”、“推断”，指证据充分，推理严密而作出的推断，语气infer比强。

 

1) A good reader doesn’t stop to consult his dictionary when meeting new words, but deduce meaning from the context.

         （一个好的读者遇到生词不用停下来查字典,可从上下文推断词义。）

   2) Peter was seen crying when he came out of the teachers’ office; we can deduce that he must have been criticized.

         （看见彼得哭着从教师办公室跑出来，我们可以推断他一定是挨批评了。）