interpolate [ɪnˈtɜːrpəleɪt]
i. v. to alter or corrupt by inserting new or foreign matter 篡改
ii. v. to insert between other things or parts: intercalate 加入/增添
助记
INTER(between) + POLATE(like plate) = INSERT the plate BETWEEN two other plates.
interpolate 插话,插嘴
inter-,在内,在中间,相互,-pol,推进,冲击,词源同impel,impulse.引申词义插话,插嘴。比较interject.
词源
interpolate: [17] The Latin ancestor of interpolate meant literally ‘polish up’. It was interpolāre, based on a verbal element -polāre that was related to polīre ‘polish’ (source of English polish). Its meaning gradually progressed metaphorically via ‘refurbish’ and ‘alter the appearance of’ to ‘falsify, particularly by the insertion of new material’ (this last presumably arising from a reassertion of the central meaning of inter-, ‘between’).
例句
1. The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.
分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值.
2. If I may interpolate a comment, before you continue your speech.
很抱歉打断你的演讲,请让我插句话.
3. Do not interpolate between these temperatures. Consult the factory.
不能插入这些温度之间. 请咨询工厂.
英文释义
When you interpolate words into a text, you alter the text by adding words in. If you’re describing your favorite novelist's work, you might interpolate a few examples of her writing into your description.
If you constantly interpolate your own snide comments into your sister's play-by-play account of an important basketball game, don't be surprised if she asks you to knock it off. In math, to interpolate means to estimate the value of something given certain data. If you’re looking at a chart that gives the level of pollutants in a lake on January 1st and February 1st, you must interpolate the level for January 15th.
Definitions of interpolate
v. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
synonyms:alter, falsify
v. estimate the value of
synonyms:extrapolate