day 174reasoning

reasoning

Reason your way from evidence to a conclusion in Chinese: assume, estimate, infer, verify, define and sum up, and keep naming the subject only once, later in the sentence.

today’s words

• 推理 tuīlǐ · to reason, infer; reasoning
• 推论 tuīlùn · to infer; inference
• 推断 tuīduàn · to infer, deduce
• 推算 tuīsuàn · to calculate, work out
• 估算 gūsuàn · to estimate
• 计 jì · plan, idea; to count, calculate
• 假定 jiǎdìng · to suppose, assume
• 断定 duàndìng · to conclude, determine
• 判定 pàndìng · to judge, decide (officially)
• 评定 píngdìng · to assess, evaluate
• 定论 dìnglùn · final conclusion, accepted view
• 求证 qiúzhèng · to seek proof, verify
• 印证 yìnzhèng · to confirm, bear out
• 确切 quèqiè · exact, precise
• 确凿 quèzáo · conclusive, irrefutable
• 确信 quèxìn · to be sure, firmly believe
• 坚信 jiānxìn · to firmly believe
• 当真 dàngzhēn · to take seriously; really
• 归纳 guīnà · to sum up, generalise
• 归结 guījié · to sum up, put down to
• 归于 guīyú · to belong to, be attributed to
• 取决 qǔjué · to depend on
• 梳理 shūlǐ · to sort out, put in order
• 条理 tiáolǐ · order, method (in thinking or writing)
• 脉络 màiluò · thread, overall structure
• 框架 kuàngjià · framework
• 界定 jièdìng · to define (the limits of)
• 范畴 fànchóu · category, domain
• 属性 shǔxìng · attribute, nature
• 广义 guǎngyì · broad sense
• 狭义 xiáyì · narrow sense
• 宏观 hóngguān · macro, big-picture
• 共性 gòngxìng · common feature
• 主体 zhǔtǐ · main body, main part

sentences

• 我们先假定照片是一九五六年拍的。 · Let’s assume for now that the photo was taken in 1956.
• 没有确凿的证据，就不能下定论。 · Without conclusive evidence, you can’t reach a firm conclusion.
• 他做事很有条理。 · He does everything in an orderly way.
• 去不去，取决于天气。 · Whether we go depends on the weather.
• 我坚信她一定能通过答辩。 · I firmly believe she’ll pass her defence.