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推测;猜想(由迹象不太确定地推知)
相关 动词理据由「严格推出结论」降格为「据迹象猜度」——推断的确定性减弱,遂为推测(infer from his tone「从他语气推测」)。
例句
From his silence, I inferred that he disagreed.从他的沉默我推测他不同意;由严推降到凭迹象猜度(相关·程度)——推测。What can we infer from these data?从这些数据我们能推断出什么;同此——由迹象推知。
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