vt. & vi.推论，演绎 determine or decide sth from general principles in relation to a particular thing, fact, or event

　～ conclusion　推出结论
　～ daringly　大胆地推论
　～ immediately　严密地推论
　～ lamely　牵强地推断出
　～ logically　逻辑性推论
　～ modestly　合适地推论
　～ profoundly　深奥地推论
　～ shrewdly　准确地推论
　～ from　从…推断出
　～ from archaeological remains　根据古迹推断出

　On the basis of evidence we deduced that he was guilty.　根据这些证据我们推断他是有罪的。
　Because there was no cloud, he deduced that it was going to be a cold night.　由于天上无云，他推断将会有一个寒冷的夜晚。
　The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.　警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。

 ♣ deduce from　(v.+prep.)
　从（所给事实）推论出…　reach (an answer) by reasoning from (given facts)
　What do you deduce from the facts?　你从事实中推论出什么?
　We can deduce a conclusion from the premises.　我们可以从这个前提推出结论。
　I deduce from the small crowd that the speaker is not very popular.　从这一小点儿听众人数来看，这个演讲者声望不很高。
　I deduced from the noise that the dog had woken up.　我从这些噪音中判断这只狗醒了。
　From her conversation, I deduced that she has a large family.　我从她的谈话中推断出她有很多孩子。

 ♣ deduce, conclude, gather, infer, judge
　参见gather条。
 ♣ deduce, deduct
　这组词的区别是：deduce的意思是“演绎、推理”，而deduct的意思是“扣除”。两词意思截然不同，可它们的名词形式却都是deduction.