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词组 impute to
释义
Phr V
impute to
imputes, imputing, imputed
impute sth to sb/sth
formal to believe that someone or something has a particular characteristic, quality, or meaning
She made the mistake of imputing stupidity to her critics.
formal to say that someone is responsible for something that has happened, or to say that something is the cause of something else
They imputed the error to the lawyer who was handling the case.Doctors have imputed people's breathing problems to high levels of pollution in the area.
phraseimpute to1. impute sth to sb/sth formal to say or believe, often wrongly, that someone or something has a particular quality, feeling, or meaning: Some literary scholars have imputed a different meaning to Blake's famous poem.2. impute sth to sb/sth formal to say, often unfairly, that someone is responsible for something bad that has happened or to say that something has caused it: The police were not guilty of the violence imputed to them. In their official report on the accident they presented evidence without imputing blame to anyone. SIMILAR TO: attribute to

impute (something) to (someone or something)

To attribute something to someone or something. I don't know, I impute her anxiety to all the instability she had to deal with as a kid. What have the investigators imputed the plane crash to?

impute something to someone or something

to ascribe something to someone or something; to attribute something to someone or something. I didn't mean to impute a bad intention to your company. The lawyer imputed perjury to the witness.
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