extrapolate

柯林斯词典

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. 從他最近的發現推斷，他估計大約80%的這類死亡可能歸因於吸菸。
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HIV陽性病例的估計是基於對已知病毒發病率的推斷。