put down to

英 [pʊt daʊn tu]

美 [pʊt daʊn tu]

把…归因于…

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 归咎于…；归因于…
  If youputsomethingdown toa particular thing, you believe that it is caused by that thing.
  1. You may be a sceptic and put it down to life's inequalities.
     你或许是个怀疑论者，会把它归因于生活的不公正。

双语例句

• China has been viewed with greater suspicion in Asia over the past two years, a shift often put down to its sometimes bullying behaviour in places such as the South China Sea.
  过去两年中，中国在亚洲受到了越来越多的猜疑，之所以有这种变化，原因往往在于它有时在某些地区的强势举动，譬如在南中国海。
• Problems that arise in China through cultural differences can often be put down to simple misunderstandings.
  在中国由于文化区别发生的问题，可以被人为是简单的误会。
• A study found that students asked to tell whether someone was gay or straight guessed correctly more often than could be put down to mere chance.
  一项研究发现，在要求学生辨认一个人是同性恋还是异性恋的时候，通常会猜中的几率比较大，这可不仅仅是随机猜测的问题。
• Can this failure be put down to his peculiar personality and foibles?
  这次失败是否可以归因于他那特殊的个性与性格弱点？
• The outbreak of cholera was put down to bad drinking water.
  霍乱的发生归因于饮用水不清洁。
• However, his whistle fell, raise arm froze like wood, also can't put down to half.
  可是，他的口哨掉了，举起的手臂僵得像根木头，半天也没能放下来。
• But should President Obama president have put down to let2011 the date as the date of the begining of the withdrawl of American presence?
  奥巴马总统是不是应该确定，2011年开始撤出美国势力？
• Such apathy is often put down to tiredness, but a study published recently in Psychological Science suggests there may be more to it than that.
  这样的默然往往是劳累所致，最近在心理杂志上发表的一项研究表明，原因可能不止这一点。
• If I forget anything, put it down to old age.
  假如我忘记了什么，那只怪年龄大了。
• Crawford and Wang believe the slump in attainment can be put down to two factors.
  克劳福特和王认为，学习成绩的倒退可以归结为两个因素。