推断

tuī duàn

HSK 7–9

Meaning

根据已有的信息或证据，进行推理判断，得出结论。

To infer or deduce based on existing information or evidence.

常用于逻辑推理、科学判断或日常猜测，强调从已知事实推出未知结论。

Commonly used in logical reasoning, scientific judgment, or everyday speculation, emphasizing deriving unknown conclusions from known facts.

1 根据现场痕迹，警方推断肇事车辆是白色的。 (Based on the traces at the scene, the police inferred that the hit-and-run vehicle was white.)
2 从她疲惫的神情可以推断她昨晚没睡好。 (From her tired expression, one can infer that she didn't sleep well last night.)
3 科学家通过化石推断这种恐龙生活在侏罗纪。 (Scientists inferred from the fossils that this dinosaur lived in the Jurassic period.)
4 根据调查数据，我们可以推断出消费者的偏好。 (Based on the survey data, we can infer consumer preferences.)
5 他说话吞吞吐吐，我推断他在隐瞒什么。 (He spoke hesitantly, so I inferred that he was hiding something.)

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