He has to deduce what he can from the few scanty clues available.
他们必须根据现有的不充分的线索进行推理。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 38 The first calender

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

deduce [dɪ'dʊs] 词根: duc
vt. 推论，推断;演绎;追溯根源;
💡 de 加强意义 + duce =lead,bring 引导，带来→ vt. 推论,推断,演绎
"Can we deduce from your silence that you do not approve?"
你保持沉默，我们是否可以据此而推断出你不赞成？
近义：deduct, tell, infer, reason, conclude, derive 反义：originate, procure, produce, provoke, rouse, cause
scanty ['skænti] 词频3 词根: scant
adj. （大小或数量）不足的，勉强够的;
💡 scant不足的+y ...的 →缺乏的
"Details of his life are scanty."
关于他的生平，详细资料不多。
近义：inadequate, insufficient, lacking, meager, meagre, mere
available [ə'veləbl] 词频2 词根: val
adj. 可获得的;有空的;可购得的;能找到的;
💡 avail利用+able能...的→有用的；有效的
"Doctors have an armoury of drugs available."
医生都备有各种各样的药物。
近义：approachable, obtainable, attainable, open, performable, possible
clues
n. 线索, 蛛丝马迹（clue的复数）

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

The Great St.Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to Italy.
圣伯纳德大山口连接着瑞士与意大利，
Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money box.
但是能把储蓄罐装满的只有屈指可数的几个特别节俭的孩子。
I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
我并不喜欢这个主意，所以我勉强跟着罗伯特走进了起居室。
No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.
谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。
It had been purchased by a local authority so that an enormous pie could be baked for an annual fair.
某地方当局买下它用来焙制一个巨大的馅饼为一年一度交易会助兴。
Even under a clear blue sky, the village looked forbidding, as all the houses were built of grey mud bricks.
农舍全用灰色的土坯建成，因此，即使在晴朗的蓝天底下，村庄看上去也会令人感到难以亲近。