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

• 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。
• 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。
• If you want to find the true yourself, only forget, only put down to do it.
  如果你要找到最真的自己，只有忘记，只有放下，才能做到。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Look carefully at the picture, a wall surrounding an old house was put down to a huge pile of stones and bricks.
  仔细看看照片。一堵围墙正在推土机的重压下轰然倒下化成了一堆砖石。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。