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ascribe sth to sb/sth
They ascribe the increase in sales to the new marketing strategy.
他们将销售增长归因于新的营销策略。
把…归因于；把…归咎于
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把…归因于；把…归咎于
to regard something as caused by a particular person or thing
They ascribe the increase in sales to the new marketing strategy.
他们将销售增长归因于新的营销策略。
常用于 ascribe sth to sb/sth 结构。
认为源于特定原因或来源
To regard as arising from a specified cause or source.
将(书籍、画作或其他艺术或文学作品)归因于某位作者或创作者
To attribute (a book, painting, or any other work of art or literature) to a writer or creator.
ascribe
Base
原形
ascribes
3rd person
第三人称单数
ascribing
-ing
现在分词
ascribed
Past
过去式
ascribed
Past participle
过去分词
Many people ascribe their success to hard work.
许多人把他们的成功归因于努力工作。
She ascribed the mistake to her inexperience.
她把错误归咎于自己缺乏经验。
Historians have ascribed the painting to an unknown artist.
历史学家们把这幅画归功于一位无名艺术家。
常与to连用，表示归因于或归咎于
Many people ascribe their success to hard work and determination.
许多人将他们的成功归因于努力和决心。
She ascribed the mistake to her assistant, but later realized it was her own fault.
她把错误归咎于她的助手，但后来意识到是她自己的错。
The anonymous poem is often ascribed to Shakespeare, though no one is certain.
这首匿名诗常被归为莎士比亚所作，但无人能确定。
They ascribe the increase in sales to the new marketing strategy.
他们将销售增长归因于新的营销策略。
常用于被动结构，表示客观归因。
The discovery is often ascribed to the wrong person.
这一发现常常被归功于错误的人。
Not this
He ascribed his success as hard work.
Use this
He ascribed his success to hard work.
动词 ascribe 后接介词 to 表示“归因于”，不接 as；中文“认为……是”容易导致错误使用 as。
Not this
They ascribed the accident a mechanical failure.
Use this
They ascribed the accident to a mechanical failure.
及物动词 ascribe 需要介词 to 引出归因的对象，不可直接接宾语（如 a mechanical failure）作为归因，结构为 ascribe + 宾语 + to + 原因。
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归因于
They ascribed the success to hard work.
他们把成功归因于努力工作。
赋予…意义
People often ascribe deep meaning to simple events.
人们常给简单的事件赋予深刻的意义。
认为…重要
She ascribes great importance to education.
她认为教育非常重要。
归咎于
Don't ascribe blame to others without evidence.
在没有证据的情况下不要归咎于他人。
把责任归于
The manager ascribed responsibility to the entire team.
经理把责任归于整个团队。
认为…有价值
We should ascribe value to every contribution.
我们应该重视每一项贡献。
归因于
They ascribed their success to hard work.
他们将成功归因于努力工作。
赋予...意义
People often ascribe meaning to random events.
人们常常赋予随机事件意义。
归咎于
Don't ascribe all the blame to him.
不要把所有的过错都归咎于他。
不要把本可以用无能解释的事情归因于恶意。
Don't ascribe to malice what can be explained by incompetence.
不要把本可以用无能解释的事情归因于恶意。
把不属于他的动机归咎于一个人的行为是一个严重的错误。
It is a capital mistake to ascribe to a man's actions a motive which is not his own.
把不属于他的动机归咎于一个人的行为是一个严重的错误。
Use ascribe naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象“a scribe”（抄写员）把功劳或错误记到某人账上，记住ascribe = 归因于/归咎于。
混合：常用于学术或正式场合，也可用于日常归因
常与介词 to 连用
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