Inference

(noun.) the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation.

整理:鲁道夫

• Can anybody fail to make the inference what the practical result will be? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The inference was too plain to be resisted. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Surely the plain inference that follows needs no pointing out? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The necessary connexion betwixt causes and effects is the foundation of our inference from one to the other. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Mrs. Archer smiled at this confirmation of her inference. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The inference I drew from this was--that he had a special purpose in asking me his last question, and a special interest in hearing my answer to it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I cannot say with truth that the terrible inference which those words suggested flashed upon me like a new revelation. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• That is the inference, I suppose. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Their minds construct a utopia--one in which all judgments are based on logical inference from syllogisms built on the law of mathematical probabilities. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Such an inference would amount to knowledge, and would imply the absolute contradiction and impossibility of conceiving any thing different. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• To get all the advantage of being with men of this sort, you must know how to draw your inferences, and not be a spoon who takes things literally. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• You are too timid in drawing your inferences. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Yes, said Holmes; I think that both inferences are permissible. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Let us see how far these several facts and inferences accord with the theory of descent with modification. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• By the help of inferences and innuendoes, treasons multiplied in a prodigious manner. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Knowing how unjust other people's inferences are when they concern us, we have begun to guess that ours may be unjust to them. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I am afraid, Holmes, that you are not very practical with your deductions and your inferences. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I would not trust a hermit's inferences about the statistics of anything. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• If our observant lady readers can deduce any satisfactory inferences from these facts, we beg them by all means to do so. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• We have got to the deductions and the inferences, said Lestrade, winking at me. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.

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