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  • v.infer; conjecture

    • yīn wèi wǒ men méi yǒu shì shí suǒ yǐ zhǐ néng tuī cè

      因为我们没有事实所以推测

      We can only conjecture since we have no facts.

    • rén men fēn fēn tuī cè tā jiāng cí zhí

      人们纷纷推测辞职

      There was widespread speculation that she was going to resign.

    • tuī cè wèi lái zǒng shì hěn nán de

      推测未来总是

      It's always hard to speculate about the future.

    • zhèng shí tuī cè

      证实推测

      confirm the conjecture

    • tuī cè bù chū

      推测

      be unable to infer

    • zhè yī qiè bù guò shì tuī cè ér yǐ

      一切不过推测而已

      All of this is nothing but conjecture.

    • gēn jù tuī cè

      根据推测

      by inference

    • wú cóng tuī cè

      无从推测

      have no way of inferring

    • tuī cè hòu guǒ

      推测后果

      calculate the effect

    • yuán rén huà shí kě yǐ bāng zhù wǒ men tuī cè yuán rén de shēng huó qíng kuàng

      猿人化石可以帮助我们推测猿人生活情况

      The fossil remains of apemen can help us infer how they lived.

Word usage

  • Note
    "推测" is different from "猜测" and "猜想". "推测" must be well-founded; "猜测" and "猜想" mostly refer to estimation based on subjective imagination, not mentioning the basis.