extrapolate

柯林斯詞典

1. V-I If you extrapolate from known facts, you use them as a basis for general statements about a situation or about what is likely to happen in the future. 推斷[正式]
Extrapolating from his latest findings, he reckons about 80% of these deaths might be attributed to smoking. 從他最近的發(fā)現(xiàn)推斷，他估計(jì)大約80%的這類死亡可能歸因于吸煙。
2. extrapolationN-VAR 推斷
His estimate of half a million HIV-positive cases was based on an extrapolation of the known incidence of the virus. 他的50萬(wàn)HIV陽(yáng)性病例的估計(jì)是基于對(duì)已知病毒發(fā)病率的推斷。