experienceBrE /ɪkˈspɪəriəns/ NAmE /-ˈspɪr-/ ●put sth down to exˈperience ( chalk it up to exˈperienceespecially NAmE) accept a failure, loss, etc. as being sth that you can learn from吃一堑，长一智；从…中吸取教训（或经验）◆When her second novel was rejected by the publisher, she put it down to experience and began another one. 她的第二本小说也被出版商退回后，她吸取了经验教训，又开始了下一本的创作。