judge

judge, adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate

这组词都有“裁决”的意思。它们的区别是：

judge指在审查了双方的证据,听取了证词和衡量了双方的功过之后裁定哪一方正确或有理,强调审判的“过程”; adjudge指在审判结束或在审判过程中法庭作出判决,强调审判“程序”; adjudicate指法庭以裁定、宣判或法令等形式作出正式和慎重决议,即强调审判“结果”; arbitrate指由一人或多人组成的机构对有争执的事件作出慎重决定,这种机构的设立不一定符合法律程序,但为争执双方认可。

judge, conclude, deduce, gather, infer

这几个词共同的意思是“推断”。它们的区别在于:infer指从不太充分的论据或前提中推断出结论; conclude指通过推理或判断而得出结论; deduce指有充分根据地推论或逻辑上地演绎; gather指综合事物得出印象或感想等; judge通常指经过仔细鉴定或评价之后作出的决断。例如:

From his a manner of dress and style of living,I gather that he is man of considerable means.从他的穿着式样和生活方式,我揣想他是个相当富有的人。

She had concluded from that her grandmother did not like her.她已从那一点得出结论,断定她祖母不喜欢她。

If you saw a doctor leaving a house, you might deduce the fact that someone in the house was ill.你要是看到医生从一家出来,你就可以推想那家有人生病。

We see smoke and infer fire.我们看到烟,从而推断有火。

Judging from what you said, they ought to succeed.从你说的情况看来,他们应当能成功。

下面的句子意思相同,但语体不尽相同:前两句属于非正式语体,多用于比较随便的口语会话中; 后三句较为正式,多用于书面语体。试体会:

I judge that she is an excellent lawyer.

She is an excellent lawyer,I judge.

I judge her to be an excellent lawyer.

I judge her an excellent lawyer.

I judge her as an excellent lawyer.

我认为她是一位好律师。