ascribe

Word family

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。

Examples from the Corpus

ascribe to • It tends to be interpreted as ascribing consciousness to any organism that has irritability.• But to ascribe this to male chauvinism wouldn't be accurate either.• There seems no particular reason to ascribe economic rationality to one group and not the other.• Among the Volunteers, the tendency was to ascribe their difficulties to personality deficiencies in the field staff.• While the outbreak directed media attention to pollution in the North Sea, ascribing the guilt to pollution was premature.• Sammler mastered and dismissed this suspicion, ascribing it to surprise and nervousness.• We could ascribe these setbacks to the fact that our regime is young, or make other excuses.• Once computer interfaces are built to show lifelike properties, many people will ascribe life to them.

Examples from the Corpus

ascribe• We may be quite right to ascribe agency to a child for his acts.• This effort to ascribe blame makes no sense, because the dip was too small to matter.• There seems no particular reason to ascribe economic rationality to one group and not the other.• Sammler mastered and dismissed this suspicion, ascribing it to surprise and nervousness.• We could ascribe these setbacks to the fact that our regime is young, or make other excuses.• But to ascribe this to male chauvinism wouldn't be accurate either.• Similarly, her consideration of wearing a crucifix as jewellery was linked to assumptions that individuals might ascribe to the wearer.

Origin ascribe

(1400-1500) Old French ascrivre, from Latin ascribere, from ad- “to” + scribere “to write”

as·cribe verb

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 7963 COCA: 10907

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To have an opinion or opinions:think, believe in, say...

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