英汉词典

1. 推断结果;结论
    An inference is a conclusion that you draw about something by using information that you already have about it.

    e.g. There were two inferences to be drawn from her letter.
           由她的信可以得出两个结论。

2. 推论;推理;推断
    Inference is the act of drawing conclusions about something on the basis of information that you already have.

    e.g. It had an extremely tiny head and, by inference, a tiny brain.
           它的头极小，由此推断其脑容量也非常小。