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

• At first the outbreak of food poisoning was put down to contaminated milk.
  起初以为食物中毒是牛奶受到污染的缘故。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 influx can be put down to the rising number of parrots being imported into the UK and the fact that the animals get more difficult to manage as they get older.
  大量的鹦鹉涌入保护区是因为从国外进口到英国的鹦鹉不断增多，而且鸟儿年纪越大越难养。
• And even if global stock markets 'generally vigorous start to the new year can be put down to expectations of a continued M& A boom, that is no reason to believe that all the old problems associated with mega-deals have been solved.
  即便全球股市在新年伊始整体表现活跃，可以归结为市场对并购热潮将持续下去的预期，但也不能据此认为，所有与大额交易相关的老问题已得到解决。
• 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。
• These optimistic figures have been put down to increased funding and improved availability of drugs to treat the disease.
  这些乐观的数字要归功于增加的资金投入以及运用药物治疗这个疾病。
• 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。
• All this can be put down to advances in motor engineering.
  这一切都可归因于汽车工程学的发展。