"extrapolate" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 推斷
• 外推

Definition

根據已知資料推斷未知情況，通常是根據現有趨勢或模式作預測或估計。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

常用於科學、學術及技術場合。一般說“從已知數據推斷”，而不是“推斷到”。推斷是假定趨勢持續，但若條件改變可能不準確。日常對話較少用，較常見於專業領域。

Examples

Scientists extrapolate future climate patterns from current data.

科學家根據現有數據**推斷**未來氣候模式。

You can extrapolate the result for a larger group based on this survey.

你可以根據這份調查的結果**推斷**更大羣體的情況。

It is risky to extrapolate too much from only a few examples.

僅憑幾個例子**推斷**太多是很有風險的。

Can we really extrapolate these findings to the whole population?

我們真的能把這些發現**推斷**到整個羣體嗎？

He tends to extrapolate a lot from just a few data points, which can lead to mistakes.

他經常只憑幾個數據就**推斷**很多，這很容易出錯。

If you extrapolate from last year’s sales, we should see strong growth again.

如果你根據去年的銷售數據**推斷**，我們今年應該還會繼續增長。