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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Crawford and Wang believe the slump in attainment can be put down to two factors.
  克劳福特和王认为，学习成绩的倒退可以归结为两个因素。
• Such apathy is often put down to tiredness, but a study published recently in Psychological Science suggests there may be more to it than that.
  这样的默然往往是劳累所致，最近在心理杂志上发表的一项研究表明，原因可能不止这一点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。