ascribe
Word family adjectiveascribableverbascribenounascription
as·cribe /əˈskraɪb/ verb 1 ascribe something to somebody/something phrasal verbphr v written a) CAUSEto claim that something is caused by a particular person, situation etc 把…归因于 The report ascribes the rise in childhood asthma to the increase in pollution. 这份报告认为儿童哮喘发病率上升是因为污染加剧。
b) to claim that something has been written, said, made etc by a particular person 认为是…所写[所说,所做] a quotation that’s often been ascribed to Marilyn Monroe 常被认为是玛丽莲·梦露说的一句话
c) BELIEVEto believe that something or someone has a particular quality 认为是…的特点 Local people ascribe healing properties to this fruit. 当地人认为这种水果具有药用特性。
—ascribable adjectiveadj Most of the accidents were ascribable to the bad weather. 大多数事故是由恶劣天气引起的。
Origin ascribe (1400-1500) Old French ascrivre, from Latin ascribere, from ad- “to” + scribere “to write”