ascribe, attribute, impute, refer
这四个词共同的意思是“归于…”或“归因于…”。它们的区别是：
1.attribute和ascribe既可用于积极意义,也可用于消极意义; 而impute则主要用于坏的方面,常表示“归罪于或嫁祸于…”。
2.refer与attribute相比词义较弱。
3.attribute强调客观性; ascribe则表示主观臆断。
attribute，ascribe
这两个动词均有“把……归于”之意。
attribute指出于相信而把……归于某人或某物，含较多的客观性。
ascribe指根据推论或猜想把……归于某人或某物，含主观臆断成分较重。
He ascribed his good health to proper diet and exercise.
他把身体好归功于适当的饮食及运动.
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Men have ascribed their own characteristics to their gods.
人们认为他们的特性属于诸神.
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Darren ascribed his success to luck.
达伦把他的成功归因于运气.
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This invention is ascribed to Edison.
这项发明被认为是属于爱迪生的.
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He ascribed his failure to poor equipment.
他把他的失败归于设备差.
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They ascribed their disaster to an unkind fate.
他们把他们的灾难归于命不好.
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The play is usually ascribed to Shakespeare.
人们一般都说这剧本是莎士比亚写的.
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He ascribed his failure to objective conditions.
他把失败归咎于客观条件.
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Police and the villagers all unanimously ascribed the forest fire to thunder and lightning.
警方和村民一致把森林失火归因于雷电.
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An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome.
尸检最终认定孩子死于婴儿猝死综合征。
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Commonly, this is ascribed to the geographical conditions under which they lived.
一般说来, 这种情形被认为是其所处的地理环境所致.
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Little real understanding of the germ theory can be ascribed to surgeons.
外科医生很少对病菌理论真正有所理解.
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He ascribed his failure to bad luck.
他把他的失败归咎于运气不好.
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The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
人们一般都说字母表是腓尼基人发明的.
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The painting was ascribed to an unknown artist.
那幅画被认定系一不出名的画家所作.
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