ascribe

• vt.归因于；归咎于

前缀a-同ad-. 词根scribe, 写，见describe.

ascribe

ascribe: see scribe

ascribe (v.)

mid-14c., ascrive, from Old French ascrivre "to inscribe; attribute, impute," from Latin ascribere "to write in, to add to in a writing," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). Spelling restored by 16c. Related: Ascribed; ascribing.

1. To ascribe opinions retrospectively is of course very dangerous.

事后再翻出当初谁说了什么当然是很危险的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. We do not ascribe a superior wisdom to government or the state.

我们并不认为政府或是国家有超凡的智慧。

来自柯林斯例句

3. I would not ascribe vice to him.

我不愿意把罪过归给他.

来自辞典例句

4. Scholars ascribe the unsigned painting to Rubens.

学者们认为这幅无落款的画的作者是鲁本斯.

来自辞典例句

5. Whenever a man does anything unexpected, his fellows ascribe it to the most discreditable motives.

每逢一个人干出一件出人意料的事, 他的相识们总是替他想出种种最令人无法置信的动机.

来自辞典例句