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

• 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 also enables us to extrapolate the present soul structure and its possible connection to the future soul form.
  它也是我们能预测现在的灵魂构造以及它连接灵魂未来形式的可能性。
• We do not know the exact figure for forest damage, but we can extrapolate from the sample surveys.
  我们不知道森林破坏的精确数字，但是我们可以从抽样的测量来推算。
• It then used this to extrapolate back the origins of language to Africa.
  由此推断出语言的发源地为非洲。
• Subsequently, when the application gets developed, process a small number of files and extrapolate from the numbers.
  随后，进行了应用程序开发之后，处理少量的文件，并根据得到的数据进行推断。
• Prominent among the various techniques that can help to extrapolate past date into future trends are the following: time series, least squares method, exponential smoothing, regression and correlation.
  由历史数据推测未来趋势的众多方法中较突出的有：时间序列法、最小平方法、指数平滑法、回归分析和相关分析。
• One can extrapolate the size of the building from the measurements of an average room.
  从一间屋子的量度可以推断出整座建筑物的大小。
• What kind of information can you extrapolate from team velocity?
  可以从团队进度中推断出哪些信息。
• 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。
• 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。