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 explicit reference’, as in:

1.Imply和infer的含義相近，因此常常容易混淆。Imply表示：暗示/隱含（通過(guò)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 traitor, without explicitlystating it.

這個(gè)士兵暗示將軍是個(gè)叛徒，而不是明確聲明。

He implied that you were all wrong.

他暗示你們都錯(cuò)了。

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

2.Infer表示：推斷/猜測(cè)（由證據(jù)或者原因推斷出某事而不是根據(jù)明確指出的陳述），例如：

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

從報(bào)道的事實(shí)可以推斷出犯罪事件呈上升趨勢(shì)。

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

他從她的話里推斷出你身體欠佳。

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小測(cè)驗(yàn)：選出最合適的詞語(yǔ)

But you cannot ____waste from a high investment ratio alone.

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He never meant to____ you should do anything unethical

infer?? imply

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

infer?? imply

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答案：infer；imply；infer

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