inferAWBrE/ɪnˈfɜː(r)/NAmE/ɪnˈfɜːr/verbpresent simple - I / you / we / theyinferBrE/ɪnˈfɜː(r)/NAmE/ɪnˈfɜːr/present simple - he / she / itinfersBrE/ɪnˈfɜːz/NAmE/ɪnˈfɜːrz/past simpleinferredBrE/ɪnˈfɜːd/NAmE/ɪnˈfɜːrd/past participleinferredBrE/ɪnˈfɜːd/NAmE/ɪnˈfɜːrd/ -ing forminferringBrE/ɪnˈfɜːrɪŋ/NAmE/ɪnˈfɜːrɪŋ/toreachanopinionordecidethatsthistrueonthebasisofinformationthatisavailable推断；推论；推理SYNdeduce◆~sth (fromsth)Muchofthemeaningmustbeinferredfromthecontext. 大部分含义必须从上下文中推断。◆~that…Itisreasonabletoinferthatthegovernmentknewaboutthesedeals. 有理由推想政府知悉这些交易。~ (that)… | ~sth(non-standard) tosuggestindirectlythatsthistrue间接地提出；暗示；意指◆Areyouinferring (that) I'mnotcapableofdoingthejob?你的言外之意是不是我不能胜任这份工作？infer / imply
Infer and imply have opposite meanings. The two words can describe the same event, but from different points of view. If a speaker or writer implies something, they suggest it without saying it directly. * infer 和 imply 意义相反，两词可能描述同一事情，但角度不同。imply 意为暗示、暗指、意味着：◆The article implied that the pilot was responsible for the accident.文章暗指飞行员应对事故负责。 If you infer something from what a speaker or writer says, you come to the conclusion that this is what he or she means. * infer 意为从…中推断、推论、推定：◆I inferred from the article that the pilot was responsible for the accident.我从这篇文章推断，飞行员应对事故负责。
Infer is now often used with the same meaning as imply. However, many people consider that a sentence such as ：◆Are you inferring that I'm a liar? is incorrect, although it is fairly common in speech.现在 infer 常用以表达与 imply 相同的含义，不过许多人认为 Are you inferring that I'm a liar?（你意思是说我撒谎吗？）这样的句子不正确，虽然此用法在口语中相当普遍。
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