vt. 推断；猜想，推理；暗示；意指
vi. 作出推论；
用作不及物动词
S+～(+A)
Men observe and infer in all sorts of ways.
人们通过各个途径进行观察和推断。
用作及物动词
S+～+n./pron.
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。
S+～+that-clause
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。
S+～+wh-clause
We had to infer what she meant.
我们不得不推测她的话是什么意思。
1. People usually infer an unknown fact from a known fact.
人们通常从已知的事实中推断未知的事实.
2. From this study we can reasonably infer that this behaviour is inherited.
根据这项研究我们可以合理地推断出这种行为是遗传的.
3. What do you infer from the voting figures?
你从选举数字中可以推出什么结论 呢 ?
4. From your smile I infer that you're pleased.
从你的笑容,我断定你很高兴.
5. By measuring the motion of the galaxies in a cluster, astronomers can infer the cluster's mass.
通过测量星系在一个星系团内的运动，天文学家们可以推定这个星系团的质量。
6. 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.