vt. & vi.推断，推知 conclude; reach an opinion (from facts or reasoning)

　～ a conclusion　推断出结论
　～ carelessly　草草地推断
　～ certainly　断定
　～ confidently　有把握地推断
　～ hastily　匆匆地推断
　～ unreasonably　不合理地推断
　～ from　从…中推测出…
　～ a conclusion from the facts　从事实中推断出结论

　Men observe and infer in all sorts of ways.　人们通过各个途径进行观察和推断。
　We see smoke and infer fire.　我们看到烟，从而推断有火。
　Ragged clothing infers poverty.　破衣烂衫暗示贫穷。
　Your silence infers consent.　你的沉默表示同意。
　I infer that he'll be home for dinner.　我推测他会回家吃饭。
　People inferred that so able a governor would make a good president.　人们推测如此有能力的州长会成为一个好总统的。
　I infer that my proposal has been accepted.　据我推测我的建议被接受了。
　He can logically infer that if the battery is dead then the horn will not sound.　他可以符合逻辑地推测，如果蓄电池用完了，喇叭也就不会响了。
　From what do you infer that I will not agree to the plan?　你根据什么断定我不会同意这项计划?
　I infer from your letter that you do not want to see us.　我从你的来信看出你不想见我们。
　The jury inferred from the testimony that the defendant was lying.　陪审员根据证词推断被告在说谎。
　We had to infer what she meant.　我们不得不推测她的话是什么意思。

 ♣ infer from　(v.+prep.)
　〈正〉从…中推导出　 reach (an answer) by reasoning from (given facts)
　I inferred this fact from the evidence I had gathered.　我从收集到的证据中推论出这个细节。
　No one can infer such an opinion from his statement.　谁也不能从他的声明中得出这种看法。
　They inferred his displeasure from his absence.　他没有到场，他们由此推断他生气了。
　What can we infer from these facts?　从这些事实中我们可得出什么推论呢?
　What can be inferred from it?　由此可以推断出什么呢?

 ♣ infer, conclude, deduce, gather, judge
　参见gather条。
 ♣ infer, imply
　这组词都与“暗示”有关：imply指作者或讲演者用某种方式暗示的意思；而infer是指读者或听众从“暗示”中推断。例如：
　The speaker or writer implies things; the listener or reader infers things.　讲演者和作者暗示事情，听者和读者则从中推断事情。