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

• The outbreak has been put down to the overflow of sewage-contaminated water into the Ruacana river from Angola following floods last month.
  这场疾病暴发的原因被归结于上个月被污染的下水道中的水随着洪水流入了安哥拉的鲁阿卡纳河。
• 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。
• The group is in the process of an upheaval that some put down to an attempt by the family to reduce inheritance tax.
  该集团正在经历一场剧变，一些人将这场剧变归结为李氏家族试图减少遗传税的努力。
• In the process of English language learning, the forming of icy period is put down to disjunction of the knowledge of English language and its application.
  承袭期三个阶段。英语学习过程中冰冻期的产生是由于长期语言知识与语言运用脱节而致。
• 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。
• 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。
• Such is Scholes'nature that those doubts could now be put down to his shrug-of-the-shoulders outlook on life.
  这就是斯科尔斯的性格，他可以满不在乎的回顾过去遇到的质疑。
• Look carefully at the picture, a wall surrounding an old house was put down to a huge pile of stones and bricks.
  仔细看看照片。一堵围墙正在推土机的重压下轰然倒下化成了一堆砖石。
• While those losing players'complaints could be put down to sour grapes, even Iker Casillas-whose Spanish team has progressed to Sunday's final game-said the ball is'appalling.
  即使这些失利球员的怨言也许有些酸葡萄心理，但本届世界杯冠军西班牙队的门将伊戈尔•卡西利亚斯（IkerCasillas）对这种足球的评价也是“很可怕”。
• 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？