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GRE 红宝书

• v. 归功于、归咎于某人、某事物
• ［英］ v. 归功于、归咎于某人、某事物 ( consider sth to be caused by )
• ［记］ a+scribe ( 写) -> 把...写上去 -> 归因于
• ［同］ 同根词: scripture ( 圣经, 经典) ; conscribe ( 招募)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (ascribed; ascribing)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ascribere, from ad- + scribere to write — more at scribe
• Date: 15th century
• to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author
• • ascribable adjective
• Synonyms:
  • ascribe, attribute, assign, impute, credit mean to lay something to the account of a person or thing. ascribe suggests an inferring or conjecturing of cause, quality, authorship forged paintings formerly ascribed to masters. attribute suggests less tentativeness than ascribe, less definiteness than assignattributed to Rembrandt but possibly done by an associate. assign implies ascribing with certainty or after deliberationassigned the bones to the Cretaceous Period. impute suggests ascribing something that brings discredit by way of accusation or blametried to impute sinister motives to my actions. credit implies ascribing a thing or especially an action to a person or other thing as its agent, source, or explanationcredited his teammates for his success.

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