infer

将“infer”与“in”和“fer”结合起来记忆。想象“in”代表“在里面”，“fer”可以联想到“carry”（携带）。所以，“infer”可以想象为“在里面携带”或“从内部推断出”的意思，即通过逻辑推理或间接的方式来得出结论。

infer 推断，推论

in-,进入，使，-fer,带来，词源同bring.即带进来的，引申词义推断，推论。

infer (v.)

1520s, from Latin inferre "bring into, carry in; deduce, infer, conclude, draw an inference; bring against," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + ferre "carry, bear," from PIE *bher- (1) "to bear, to carry, to take" (cognates: Sanskrit bharati "carries;" Avestan baraiti "carries;" Old Persian barantiy "they carry;" Armenian berem "I carry;" Greek pherein "to carry;" Old Irish beru/berim "I catch, I bring forth;" Gothic bairan "to carry;" Old English and Old High German beran, Old Norse bera "barrow;" Old Church Slavonic birati "to take;" Russian brat' "to take," bremya "a burden"). Sense of "draw a conclusion" is first attested 1520s.

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。

【conclude, judge, gather, infer, deduce】
这组词都有“推断”的意思，其区别是：
conclude: 指得出符合逻辑的结论。
judge: 多指经过仔细鉴定或评价之后作出决断。
gather: 指从听到的情况推测、判定。
infer: 指从已提供的论据或从已接受的前提出发而推断出的结论。
deduce: 指有充分根据的推论，也指逻辑学上的演绎。

【infer, imply】
infer: v. (根据已知事实)推断，推理。
• I infer from your smile that you are happy. 从你的笑容可以看出你很高兴。
imply: v. (从言语或态度中)暗示，暗指(某种事情)。
• The Secretary of the Treasury implied that interest rates would go down. 财政大臣暗示利率将下降。