剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - inference collapse

inference
[UK]/'ɪn.fər.ənts/ [US]/-fɚ-/ formal
noun [C or U]
* when you guess that something is true or form an opinion because of the information that you have
推断，推论，推理

1. They were warned to expect a heavy air attack and by inference many casualties.
他们被警告可能会受到猛烈的空袭，由此推断会有许多人员伤亡。

2. His change of mind was recent and sudden, the inference being that someone had persuaded him.
他最近突然改变了主意，估计是有人说服了他。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - inference collapse

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1.N-COUNT 可数名词推断结果;结论 An inference is a conclusion that you draw about something by using information that you already have about it.

  • There were two inferences to be drawn from her letter.

    由她的信可以得出两个结论。

2.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词推论;推理;推断 Inference is the act of drawing conclusions about something on the basis of information that you already have.

  • It had an extremely tiny head and, by inference, a tiny brain.

    它的头极小，由此推断其脑容量也非常小。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - inference collapse

inference
in·fer·ence / 5infErEns / noun1. [C] something that you can find out indirectly from what you already know
   推断的结果；结论
   SYN  deduction :
   to draw / make inferences from the data
   根据资料推论出结果
   The clear inference is that the universe is expanding.
   显然结论是宇宙在扩大。
2. [U] the act or process of forming an opinion, based on what you already know
   推断；推理；推论:
   If he is guilty then, by inference, so is his wife (= it is logical to think so, from the same evidence).
   如果他有罪,那么由此可以推断他的妻子也同样有罪。

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - inference collapse

inference noun

• ADJECTIVE fair, logical, reasonable, valid | obvious

• VERB + INFERENCE draw, make | allow, support

• INFERENCE + VERB be based on sth ~s based on their answers to a number of set questions

• PREPOSITION ~ about In the absence of detailed documentary evidence, we can only make ~s about Minoan religion. | ~ from The value of data depends on our skill in drawing ~s from it.

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - inference collapse

inference
 see draw an inference.

牛津英语同义词学习词典 - inference collapse

inference noun
⇨ conclusion

新牛津英语同义词词典 - inference collapse

inference

noun
the doctor's inference appears legitimate
DEDUCTION , conclusion, reasoning, conjecture, speculation, surmise, thesis, theorizing, hypothesizing, presumption, assumption, supposition, reckoning, extrapolation, reading between the lines; guesswork, guessing; informal guesstimate; rare ratiocination.

词源记忆 - inference collapse

inference 推论，推理
来自infer, 推断，推论。