[VERB 动词]把…归因于;把…归咎于 If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing.
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An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome.
尸检最终认定孩子死于婴儿猝死综合征。
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[VERB 动词]认为是…的特点;认为…具有 If you ascribe a quality to someone, you consider that they possess it.
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We do not ascribe a superior wisdom to government or the state.
我们并不认为政府或是国家有超凡的智慧。
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[VERB 动词]认为…是…所说(或所为) If you ascribe something such as a quotation or a work of art to someone, you say that they said it or created it.
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He mistakenly ascribes the expression 'survival of the fittest' to Charles Darwin.
他错误地认为“适者生存”是查尔斯·达尔文说的。
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ascribe/əˈskraɪb; NAmEəˈskraɪb/verbPHRASAL VERBSaˈscribe sth to sbto consider or state that a book, etc. was written by a particular person 认为…是(某人)所写SYN
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◆This play is usually ascribed to Shakespeare.通常认为这部剧是莎士比亚所写。aˈscribe sth to sb/sth( formal) 1to consider that sth is caused by a particular thing or person 把…归因于;认为…是由于◆He ascribed his failure to bad luck.他认为自己的失败是运气不好。2to consider that sb/sth has or should have a particular quality 认为…具有SYN
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◆We ascribe great importance to these policies.我们认为这些政策十分重要。▶ascrib·able/əˈskraɪbəbl; NAmEəˈskraɪbəbl/adjectiveascribableto sb/sth ◆Their success is ascribable to the quality of their goods.他们的成功在于商品的质量。ascrip·tionascriptionascriptions/əˈskrɪpʃn; NAmEəˈskrɪpʃn/noun[uncountable , countable ]ascription(to sb/sth) ◆the ascription of meaning to objects and events事物所赋有的内涵ascribeascribesascribedascribingascribe/əˈskraɪb; NAmEəˈskraɪb/ascrib·able/əˈskraɪbəbl; NAmEəˈskraɪbəbl/ascrip·tion/əˈskrɪpʃn; NAmEəˈskrɪpʃn/
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ascribeas‧cribe /əˈskraɪb/ verb
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ascribe to phrasal verb written1to claim that something is caused by a particular person, situation etc: The report ascribes the rise in childhood asthma to the increase in pollution.2to claim that something has been written, said, made etc by a particular person: a quotation that’s often been ascribed to Marilyn Monroe3to believe that something or someone has a particular quality: Local people ascribe healing properties to this fruit.—ascribable adjective: Most of the accidents were ascribable to the bad weather.
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