零基础学英语：infer & imply词汇辨析

 　　1.Imply and infer can be easily confused due to their similar meanings. Imply means ‘indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit¹ reference’, as in:

　　1.Imply和infer的含义相近，因此常常容易混淆。Imply表示：暗示/隐含(通过暗示而不是明示表明真相或某物的存在性)，比如：

　　The soldier implied the general was a traitor², without explicitlystating it.

　　这个士兵暗示将军是个叛徒，而不是明确声明。

　　He implied that you were all wrong.

　　他暗示你们都错了。

　　2.Infer means to ‘deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements’, as in:

　　2.Infer表示：推断/猜测(由证据或者原因推断出某事而不是根据明确指出的陈述)，例如：

　　From these facts in this report we can infer that crime has been increasing.

　　从报道的事实可以推断出犯罪事件呈上升趋势。

　　He inferred from what she said that you have not been well.

　　他从她的话里推断出你身体欠佳。

　　小测验：选出最合适的词语

　　But you cannot ____waste from a high investment ratio alone.

　　infer imply

　　He never meant to____ you should do anything unethical

　　infer imply

　　We can ____ the meaning of the word in the context.

　　infer imply

　　答案：infer;imply;infer

1 explicit   

adj.详述的，明确的；坦率的；显然的

参考例句：

• She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
• He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。

2 traitor   

n.叛徒，卖国贼

参考例句：

• The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
• He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。