extrapolate
/ekˈstræpəleɪt/verb
with obj.
1- 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（尤指根据统计资料）把（某种方法或某个结论）的应用范围扩大：
the results cannot be extrapolated to other patient groups
这些结果不能以此类推应用于其他病人群体
no obj. it is always dangerous to extrapolate from a sample.仅根据抽样推断总是危险的。
1.1
- estimate or conclude (something) in this way推断, 推知：
attempts to extrapolate likely human cancers from laboratory studies.
从实验室的研究结果推知人类所患癌症可能情况的尝试。
1.2
- 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 extrapolat-ed values.一组外推值。
派生词
extrapolation
nounextrapolative
adjectiveextrapolator
noun词源
late 19th cent.: from EXTRA- 'outside' + a shortened form of INTERPOLATE.