extrapolating

英 [ɪkˈstræpəleɪtɪŋ]

美 [ɪkˈstræpəleɪtɪŋ]

v.  推断; 推知; 外推
extrapolate的现在分词

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。

双语例句

• We think that the only way we can learn about causation is from past experience and we want to know what ground we have for extrapolating from past experience to the future.
  我们对因果关系加以学习的唯一途径来自于过去的经验，我们想要知道什么样的范畴，可以从过去的经验中推断出未来。
• Extrapolating a global average from such data involves an amount of tinkering& or homogenisation.
  从这些漏洞百出的数据求出来的全球气温平均值是有误差的，或者说是均化的。
• These figures are arrived at by extrapolating from last year's sales.
  这些数字是根据去年的销售量推算出来的。
• Attempt was made to determine sorption solely on the external surface by extrapolating the sorption isotherms to zero time.
  有人设法使吸收只限于表面积上，即按吸收等温线在时间接近零时所测定的数值。
• Like many forecasts, though, it makes the mistake of extrapolating recent trends too freely.
  不过，与许多预测一样，它也犯下了过于随意地根据近期趋势做出推断的毛病。
• But it's just an example of, how much trouble you can get into by extrapolating.
  但是这给了我们一个例子，让我们知道对数据的臆断，能给我们带来怎样的麻烦。
• The inadequacy of extrapolating from the experience of English-speaking students.
  从说英语学生的经验进行推断这一作法的不足。
• Similarly, watching the total bandwidth used in the past and extrapolating to the future helps you determine when network upgrades are needed.
  同样，查看过去使用的总带宽并推断未来的变化，可以帮助判断什么时候需要进行网络升级。
• Extrapolating from current trends, he describes an archipelago of vibrant suburban town centers, villages and urban cores.
  从目前的趋势推断，他描述了一个充满活力的城市中心的郊区，乡村和城市核心群岛。
• Indeed, the whole exercise is a warning of the risks of extrapolating the future from present trends.
  当然这些都只是对未来风险的推断和预警。