VERB 推断;推知 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. 推断;推知 [formal]
Extrapolating from his American findings, he reckons about 80% of these deaths might be attributed to smoking. [VERB + from]
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。
It is unhelpful to extrapolate general trends from one case. [VERB noun + from]
根据一个案例来推断总的趋势是没有用的。
extrapolation
His estimate of half a million HIV positive cases was based on an extrapolation of the known incidence of the virus.