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

• 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。
• 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。
• A week is not enough data to extrapolate the effectiveness of TDD on a multi-month or multi-year project.
  一个星期所产出的数据是没法衡量在长达数月或是数年的项目中TDD的效用的。
• Their stock price, if you extrapolate that out for today, the point is about here after splits.
  如果我们估计他们现在股票的价格，差不多到这里。
• We can only extrapolate from their remains.
  我们只能从恐龙化石中做出推测。
• New lightweight agile domains are now available to help extrapolate designs.
  现在有新的轻量型敏捷域可用于帮助推断设计。
• We're asking ourselves whether it is possible to extrapolate from past to future legitimately.
  我们质问自身，是否有可能合理地从过去中推断未来。
• 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。
• Subsequently, when the application gets developed, process a small number of files and extrapolate from the numbers.
  随后，进行了应用程序开发之后，处理少量的文件，并根据得到的数据进行推断。
• 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。