[scode type="green"]extrapolate
v.推断;推知[/scode]
音标:/ɪk'stræpəleɪt/
英文释义:
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:
①Extrapolating 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。
②Researchers have therefor tended to extrapolate from these few results by using various computer models.
研究者们因此将这些少量数据采用各种电脑模型进行推演。
(注意这个词和“from”连用哦~)
《经济学人》一篇关于探索外空的文章也出现了这个表达:
[scode type="green"]be frowned on/upon
反对;不赞成;不同意[/scode]
英英释义:
If something is frowned upon or is frowned on people disapprove of it.
例句:
①This practice is frowned upon as being wasteful.
这种行为被认为是浪费而不获认可。
②Many teachers frown on such practices.
许多教师不赞同这样的做法。
(这个短语其实十分形象,“皱眉”用来表示“不同意”,可以用在主动和被动的语境中,大家在平常的作文中也可以用这个表达哦~)
《经济学人》一篇关于道外滑雪的文章 Lift's off 也出现了这个表达: