extrapolate

英 [ɪkˈstræpəleɪt]

美 [ɪkˈstræpəleɪt]

v.  推断; 推知; 外推

现在分词：extrapolating　过去分词：extrapolated　过去式：extrapolated　第三人称单数：extrapolates　复数：extrapolates　

GRETEM8

BNC.15251 / COCA.14252

牛津词典

verb

• 推断；推知；外推
  to estimate sth or form an opinion about sth, using the facts that you have now and that are valid for one situation and supposing that they will be valid for the new one
  1. The figures were obtained by extrapolating from past trends.
     这些数据是从过去的趋势推断出来的。
  2. We have extrapolated these results from research done in other countries.
     我们从其他国家所作的研究中推断出这些结果。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 推断;推知
  If youextrapolate fromknown facts, you use them as a basis for general statements about a situation or about what is likely to happen in the future.
  1. Extrapolating from his American findings, he reckons about 80% of these deaths might be attributed to smoking...
     根据他在美国的调查结果推断，他估计这些人中约有80％可能死于吸烟。
  2. It is unhelpful to extrapolate general trends from one case.
     根据一个案例来推断总的趋势是没有用的。

英英释义

verb

• gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating
• estimate the value of
  Synonym:interpolate
• draw from specific cases for more general cases
  Synonym:generalizegeneraliseinfer

双语例句

• We can only extrapolate from their remains.
  我们只能从恐龙化石中做出推测。
• We do not know the exact figure for forest damage, but we can extrapolate from the sample surveys.
  我们不知道森林破坏的精确数字，但是我们可以从抽样的测量来推算。
• It also enables us to extrapolate the present soul structure and its possible connection to the future soul form.
  它也是我们能预测现在的灵魂构造以及它连接灵魂未来形式的可能性。
• You assume the future will be like the past, or you extrapolate a trend.
  他们假设未来将与过去类似，或按照目前的趋势进行推演。
• What kind of information can you extrapolate from team velocity?
  可以从团队进度中推断出哪些信息。
• You can't extrapolate from Shanghai or Beijing.
  你不能根据上海或北京的情况进行推断。
• But it would be ahistoric to extrapolate and assume with any high degree of confidence that China will enjoy such extraordinary growth rates over the long term.
  但是，带着高度信心来推断和假设中国将长期享受这种超常增长速度，就是脱离历史语境了。
• You observe that nature had been like this for all the time before and then you extrapolate in the future and think it will be like that every time in the future.
  你观察到自然一直都这样，然后你推断将来，认为这在将来每时每刻都会一样。
• 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。
• The number needed to treat ( NNT) was used to extrapolate the trials for an individual patient.
  需治数（NNT）是用来以一个患者评价试验。