infer

詳細解釋：

in.fer

v.（動詞）
in.ferred,in.fer.ring,in.fers
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To conclude from evidence or premises.See Synonyms at conjecture
推斷：由證據或根據得出結論參見 conjecture
To reason from circumstance; surmise:
猜想，推理：由特定情況可以推測；臆測：
例句：
We can infer that his motive in publishing the diary was less than honorable.
我們可以猜想得到他出版那日記的動機並不高尚

To lead to as a consequence or conclusion:
下結論：導致某一結果或結論：
例句：
.Socrates argued that a statue inferred the existence of a sculptor.(Academy)
.蘇格拉底辯稱，一尊雕像意味著某個雕刻家的存在.(學會)

To hint; imply.
暗示；意指
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To draw inferences.See Synonyms at conjecture
作出推論參見 conjecture

來源：
Latin onferre [to bring in, adduce]
拉丁語 onferre [引入，引證]
in- [in] * see in- 2
in- [在…里] *參見 in-2
ferre [to bear] * see bher-
ferre [承擔] *參見 bher-

【引伸】
infer.able
adj.（形容詞）
infer.ably
adv.（副詞）
infer.rer
n.（名詞）
Infer is sometimes confused withimply, but the distinction is a useful one.When we say that a speaker or sentence implies something,we mean that it is conveyed or suggested without being stated outright:
Infer 有時會和imply 混淆在一起， 但它們之間的差異是很重要的。當我們說某個說話人或某個句子暗含有某種東西時，我們的意思是這種東西是含在其中的或暗示的而沒有公開說出來：
例句：
When the mayor said that she would not rule out a business tax increase, she implied (not inferred ) that some taxes might be raised.
當市長說她不排除商業稅增漲的可能性時，她暗指（不是 inferred ) 可能要提高某些稅收。

Inference, on the other hand, is the activity performed by a reader or interpreter in deriving conclusions that are not explicit in what is said:
而推論則是讀者或闡釋者的一種活動，他們推斷出的結論是言語中沒有明確表達出來的：
例句：
When the mayor said that she would not rule out a tax increase,
當市長說她不排除商業稅增漲的可能性時，

we inferred that she had been consulting with some new financial advisers,since her old advisers were in favor of tax reductions.
我們推斷她同幾個新的金融顧問們商量過，因為她的那些顧問們支持減稅。