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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The symptoms of SAD are often put down to shyness and hence the condition is still largely ignored in China, says Zhang Mingyuan, a doctor with Shanghai Mental Health Center.
  上海精神疾控中心医生张明远（音译）表示，社交恐惧症的症状常被看作是害羞，因而在中国仍在很大程度上被忽视。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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”。