VERB
推断;推知
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.
例句
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。
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。