| 单词 | extrapolate |
| 释义 | extrapolate (ɪkstræpəleɪt ) Word forms: extrapolates , extrapolating , extrapolated verb If you extrapolate from known facts, you use them as a basis for general statements about a situation or about what is likely to happen in the future. [formal] Extrapolating from his American findings, he reckons about 80% of these deaths might be attributed to smoking. [VERB + from] It is unhelpful to extrapolate general trends from one case. [VERB noun + from] extrapolation (ɪkstræpəleɪʃən )Word forms: extrapolations variable noun His estimate of half a million HIV positive cases was based on an extrapolation of the known incidence of the virus. [+ of] |
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