英语词汇“infer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

inferinfer /ɪnˈfɚ/ ●○○ AWL verb (inferred, inferring) [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYinfer

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin inferre, from ferre to carry

VERB TABLE

infer

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	infer
	he, she, it	infers
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	inferred
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have inferred
	he, she, it	has inferred
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had inferred
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will infer
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have inferred

Continuous Form
Present	I	am inferring
	he, she, it	is inferring
	you, we, they	are inferring
Past	I, he, she, it	was inferring
	you, we, they	were inferring
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been inferring
	he, she, it	has been inferring
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been inferring
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be inferring
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been inferring

science to form an opinion that something is probably true because of other information that you already know: infer something from something A lot can be inferred from these statistics.infer that Based on the evidence, we can infer that the victim knew her killer.WORD CHOICE: infer, imply• A speaker or writer implies something in what he or she says, without saying the words directly: Jeanie implied that she was mad at me (=Jeanie indirectly said that she was mad at me, but did not say those words specifically).• A listener or reader infers what someone means when it is not said directly: I inferred from what Jeanie said that she was mad at me (=what Jeanie said made me think that she was mad at me).