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ascribe 音标拼音: [əskr'ɑɪb]
vt. 归因于,归咎于 归因於,归咎於 ascribe v 1: attribute or credit to; " We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; " People impute great cleverness to cats" [ synonym: { impute}, { ascribe}, { assign}, { attribute}] Ascribe \ As* cribe"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Ascribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Ascribing}.] [ L. ascribere, adscribere, to ascribe; ad scribere to write: cf. OF. ascrire. See { Scribe}.] 1. To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author. [ 1913 Webster] The finest [ speech] that is ascribed to Satan in the whole poem. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To { Ascribe}, { Attribute}, { Impute}. Usage: Attribute denotes, 1. To refer some quality or attribute to a being; as, to attribute power to God. 2. To refer something to its cause or source; as, to attribute a backward spring to icebergs off the coast. Ascribe is used equally in both these senses, but involves a different image. To impute usually denotes to ascribe something doubtful or wrong, and hence, in general literature, has commonly a bad sense; as, to impute unworthy motives. The theological sense of impute is not here taken into view. [ 1913 Webster] More than good- will to me attribute naught. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] Ascribes his gettings to his parts and merit. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] And fairly quit him of the imputed blame. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 27 Moby Thesaurus words for " ascribe": accredit, adduce, advance, affix, allege, apply, assign, attach, attach to, attribute, charge, cite, conjecture, connect with, credit, fasten, fix, give, guess, impute, lay, pin on, place, put, refer, saddle, surmise
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