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单词 inference
释义 in·fer·ence
\ˈinf(ə)rən(t)s also -fərn-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Medieval Latin inferentia, from Latin inferent-, inferens (present participle of inferre) + -ia -y
1. : the act or process of inferring : the act of passing from one or more propositions, statements, or judgments considered as true to another the truth of which is believed to follow from that of the former
 < this reasoning … is … stronger than some modern inferences of science — Henry Adams >
 < inferences are made, but implications are discovered >
— see immediate inference, mediate inference; compare deduction 1, induction 2b, transformation rule
2. : something that is inferred : deduction 2; especially : a proposition or conclusion arrived at by inferring
 < the following inferences may be fairly drawn from these facts >
3. : the premises and conclusion that represent a process of inferring or that form the determinants of a belief
 < the conviction that action should be based not on shadowy inference … but on solid fact — C.W.Eliot >
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