Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense ascribes, present participle ascribing, past tense, past participle ascribed
1VERB 把…归因于;把…归咎于 If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing. 把…归因于;把…归咎于 [formal]
An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome. [VERB noun + to]
2VERB 认为是…的特点;认为…具有 If you ascribe a quality to someone, you consider that they possess it. 认为是…的特点;认为…具有 [formal]
We do not ascribe a superior wisdom to government or the state. [VERB noun + to]
我们并不认为政府或是国家有超凡的智慧。
3VERB 认为…是…所说(或所为) If you ascribe something such as a quotation or a work of art to someone, you say that they said it or created it. 认为…是…所说(或所为) [formal]
He mistakenly ascribes the expression 'survival of the fittest' to Charles Darwin. [VERB noun + to]