extrapolate

英 [ɪk'stræpəleɪt] 美 [ɪk'stræpəleɪt]

• v. 推测；推知

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 【统】外推
2. 推断，推测，推知，推论，推算
3. 判定
4. 预测

英英释义

Verb:

1. draw from specific cases for more general cases

2. estimate the value of

3. gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. It is best if you can extrapolate this data.
   最好是能够外推此数据。
2. The market conditions simply may not extrapolate.
   市势根本不可以推测。
3. It is possible to extrapolate future developments from current trends.
   从当前的趋势可以推知未来的发展。
4. One can extrapolate the size of the building from the measurements of an average room.
   从一间屋子的量度可以推断出整座建筑物的大小。

经典引文

• Our calculations allow us to extrapolate the expansion of the universe backward in time.

  出自： S. Weinberg

• The effective straggling coefficient..was calculated from this extrapolated curve.

  出自： Ld Rutherford

• His documents are..comments on a particular colony at a particular time;..it is hard work to extrapolate from them any general view about all the colonies.

  出自：Times Literary Supplement

近反义词

【近义词】

• generalize 概括
• infer 推断
• conclude 推断出
• deduce 演绎
• induce 引起
• reason 原因
• generalise 使一般化
• interpolate 加入(额外的事)...