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

• This work also offers a reminder: If you just extrapolate from the recent past to predict the economic future, you are likely to be wrong.
  这项研究还提醒我们：如果你仅仅根据近期状况来预测未来经济走向，你的预测很可能是错的。
• 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。
• 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。
• We can only extrapolate from their remains.
  我们只能从恐龙化石中做出推测。
• 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。
• Because we extrapolate from what has happened in the past to what will happen in the future. I have lost you I can see.
  因为我们从过去发生的事情推断，将来会发生的事，我觉得你们有点晕了。
• It is natural to want to extrapolate and automate the process so that the transformation is clean and complete.
  人们很自然地想对这一过程进行延伸和自动化，以使转换显得整洁和完整。
• It is no longer necessary to extrapolate from a small sample of data; now it is possible to analyse an entire dataset.
  今后再没有必要只根据小范围的数据样本进行推断了；现在已有可能做到分析整个数据集。
• 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。
• 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。