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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Their success can rather be put down to what they offer and how they are used.
  这些网站的成功，更应该归功于它们所提供的服务和使用方式。
• Rev Williamson later told Sky News: I felt a marker should be put down to say clearly to everybody that a female bishop is not found in the bible.
  莱福·保罗·威廉姆逊事后向Sky新闻说：我感觉向每个人说清楚《圣经》里找不到女性主教是有必要的。
• For many, a successful marriage can be put down to attraction, devotion, patience – and true love.
  对于很多人来说，成功的婚姻可以归因于吸引力、奉献、耐心以及真爱。
• 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。
• 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。