extrapolate

extrapolate
[ɪkˈstrapəleɪt, ɛk-]
verb
  1. [with obj.]extend the application of (a method or conclusion, especially one based on statistics) to an unknown situation by assuming that existing trends will continue or similar methods will be applicable
    将（方法，结论，尤指基于统计的方法或结论）类推（或外推）
    the results cannot be extrapolated to other patient groups.
    这些结果不能类推至其他病人群体。
    [no obj.]it is always dangerous to extrapolate from a sample.
    仅根据抽样推断总是很危险的。
    ■estimate or conclude (something) in this way
    类推出，外推出
    attempts to extrapolate likely human cancers from laboratory studies.
    想从实验室研究中类推出可能的人类癌症的努力。
    ■(Mathematics)extend (a graph, curve, or range of values) by inferring unknown values from trends in the known data
    (数)外推，外插
    [as adj. extrapolated]a set of extrapolated values.
    一组外推值。
派生
extrapolation
noun
extrapolative
adjective
extrapolator
noun
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: from extra- 'outside' + a shortened form of interpolate
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