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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The answer is yes, but on conditions that seem increasingly implausible if we extrapolate current policies.
  答案是肯定的，但有一些前提条件。如果我们延续当前的政策，这些前提条件似乎越来越无法成立。
• 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。
• I want you to extrapolate his path.
  我要你推断他的路径。
• Losses on loans are based on conservative models and also extrapolate information from market valuations of related securities.
  贷款方面的亏损是基于保守的模型，而且也是从相关证券的市场估价来推算信息。
• Because there were so few work days in January, statisticians had to extrapolate to produce figures for the full month, but economists suspect that they may have overestimated industrial activity in the process.
  由于1月份工作日这么少，因此统计人员不得不推算得出全月的数据，但经济学家们怀疑，在此过程中他们可能过高估算了工业活动。
• 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。
• To determine the human dose-response curve, one must extrapolate down from the high-dose laboratory data.
  要确定人类的剂量反应曲线，就必须从高剂量的实验室数据进行外推。