extrapolate
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~ sth (from sth) (fml 文)
1 (mathematics 数) calculate (an unknown quantity) approximately from known values or measurements (从已知的值或量)推算出(未知的量); 外推.
2 estimate (sth unknown) from facts that are already known 由已知事实估计(未知事物); 推断; 推知
One can extrapolate the size of the building from the measurements of an average room.从一间屋子的量度可以推断出整座建筑物的大小.
When the police arrived, I was doing the housework.
当警察来的时候,我在做家务。
After her departure, Aunt Harriet discovered that there were piles of empty wine bottles of all shapes and sizes neatly stacked in what had once been Bessie's wardrobe.