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impute something to someone/something
常用于负面责任的归因。
They imputed the failure to the manager.
他们把失败归咎于经理。
归因于；把…归咎于；把…归功于
imputed — past of impute
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归因于；把…归咎于；把…归功于
to attribute or ascribe something, such as blame or credit, to a cause or source
They imputed the failure to the manager.
他们把失败归咎于经理。
归因于某个原因或来源
To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
通过替代将(罪或义)归于某人
To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
考虑到
To take into account.
归因或归功于
To attribute or credit to.
impute
Base
原形
imputes
3rd person
第三人称单数
imputing
-ing
现在分词
imputed
Past
过去式
imputed
Past participle
过去分词
She often imputes her mistakes to others.
她经常把自己的错误归咎于别人。
He imputed the failure to bad luck.
他把失败归咎于运气不好。
They have imputed the crime to the wrong person.
他们把罪行嫁祸给了错误的人。
常与to连用，表示归因于
They imputed the project's failure to the lack of funding.
他们把项目的失败归咎于资金不足。
The politician tried to impute the scandal to his opponents.
这位政客试图将丑闻嫁祸给他的对手。
He imputed his own mistakes to his assistant without any evidence.
他毫无证据地把自己犯的错误归咎于助手。
常用于负面责任的归因。
They imputed the failure to the manager.
他们把失败归咎于经理。
被动形式，强调责任归属。
The mistake was imputed to the intern.
这个错误被归咎于实习生。
Not this
He imputed the password incorrectly.
Use this
He input the password incorrectly.
混淆了'impute'与'input'。'impute'意为归咎，'input'意为输入数据。
Not this
She imputed the mistake on her colleague.
Use this
She imputed the mistake to her colleague.
介词使用错误。'impute'搭配介词'to'表示归因于，而非'on'。
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把责任归咎于；归咎于
It is unfair to impute blame to the teacher for the students' poor results.
把学生成绩差归咎于老师是不公平的。
认为某人有…动机；把动机归于
We should not impute bad motives to people without evidence.
没有证据就不应认为别人有不良动机。
把责任归于；追究…的责任
The report imputed responsibility to the manager for the project's failure.
报告将项目失败的责任归于经理。
插补缺失值；填补缺失数据
The software can impute missing values in the dataset.
该软件可以插补数据集中的缺失值。
将义归算给；把义归于
The doctrine teaches that God imputes righteousness to believers.
这一教义教导说，上帝将义归算给信徒。
主不算为有罪的，这人是有福的。
This verse from Romans 4:8 (King James Bible) uses 'impute' to mean 'to credit or attribute something to someone'.
这节经文出自《圣经·罗马书》4章8节（钦定版），其中“impute”的意思是“把……归算、归于”。
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记忆联想：impute 与 compute 同韵，compute 算数字，impute 算'原因'——归因、归咎。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律或学术书面语、宗教/神学讨论、统计与数据科学 impute 是正式用语，多用于书面或学术语境，表示“归因于”或“把…归咎于”；在神学中可指把罪/义归算给人；在统计和数据分析中表示“插补、填补缺失值”。口语中一般用 attribute 或 blame 代替。
常与介词to连用，表示归因于或嫁祸于
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