put down to

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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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Only ten per cent of people infected with the TB-causing bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis develop the disease& a phenomenon largely put down to genetic differences between individuals.
  人在感染结核病病原体&结核分枝杆菌（Mycobacteriumtuberculosis）之后，只有10%的人会发病。这种现象很大程度上归结于人与人之间的遗传差异。