deduce

verb
🔊/dɪˈdjuːs/
🔊/dɪˈduːs/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they deduce
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he / she / it deduces
🔊/dɪˈdjuːsɪz/
🔊/dɪˈduːsɪz/
past simple deduced
🔊/dɪˈdjuːst/
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past participle deduced
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-ing form deducing
🔊/dɪˈdjuːsɪŋ/
🔊/dɪˈduːsɪŋ/
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  1. to form an opinion about something based on the information or evidence that is available推论;推断;演绎 synonym infer
    • deduce something (from something) We can deduce a lot from what people choose to buy.从人们选购的东西可以作出多方面的推断。🔊🔊
    • deduce (from something) that, what, how, etc… Can we deduce from your silence that you do not approve?你保持沉默,我们是否可以据此而推断出你不赞成?🔊🔊
    see also deduction
    Extra Examples
    • Using the evidence available it is possible to deduce quite a lot about how these people lived.关于这些人以前的生活,用现有的证据可能作出不少的推断。
    • We deduce from his behaviour that he is trying to gain attention.我们从他的行为推断出他在试图引起别人的注意。
    • We deduced from his absences that he was not happy at college.从他多次缺课可以推断出他在大学并不开心。
    • She deduced that he couldn't have been at home when the attack took place.她推断出袭击发生时他不可能在家里。
    • Try to deduce what might have happened next.尝试推断接下来可能发生的情况。
    Topics Opinion and argumentc1, Maths and measurementc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • easily
    • logically
    verb + deduce
    • be able to
    • can
    • be possible to
    preposition
    • from
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘lead or convey’): from Latin deducere, from de- ‘down’ + ducere ‘lead’.