英语词汇“impute”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

The verb impute can be used to blame someone for doing something bad, give credit for good work, or just tell it like it is, like when you impute your lateness to my not telling you where to meet me.

When you impute something, you name the cause of something that has happened. For example, you might impute your ability to sing well to the thousands of dollars your parents spent in voice lessons. In other words, you name the source. You can also impute a person, like imputing to a teacher your love of learning — he or she helped you become more interested in school and your classes.

WORD FAMILY

impute: imputable, imputation, imputed, imputes, imputing+/imputable: imputably/imputation: imputations

USAGE EXAMPLES

It’s possible to impute political motives to the computer scientists, some of whom have criticized Trump on social media.

Slate(Oct 31, 2016)

But imputing them loosely to large numbers of people, and dismissing those people with contempt, isn’t helpful.

Slate(Oct 05, 2016)

Essentially, the Europeans propose judging anticompetitiveness on the basis of something with imputed value, the uses of which aren’t fully understood yet.

New York Times(Sep 30, 2016)

1v attribute or credit to

People impute great cleverness to cats

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

ascribe, assign, attribute

carnalize, sensualize

ascribe to an origin in sensation

credit

give someone credit for something

reattribute

attribute to another source

anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize

ascribe human features to something

personate, personify

attribute human qualities to something

accredit, credit

ascribe an achievement to

blame, charge

attribute responsibility to

externalise, externalize, project

regard as objective

interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize

incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal

evaluate, judge, pass judgment

form a critical opinion of

2v attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source

The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness

Syn|Hyper

ascribe, assign, attribute

attribute or credit to

ascribe, assign, attribute

attribute or credit to

单词	impute
释义	impute (once / 786 pages) v The verb impute can be used to blame someone for doing something bad, give credit for good work, or just tell it like it is, like when you impute your lateness to my not telling you where to meet me. When you impute something, you name the cause of something that has happened. For example, you might impute your ability to sing well to the thousands of dollars your parents spent in voice lessons. In other words, you name the source. You can also impute a person, like imputing to a teacher your love of learning — he or she helped you become more interested in school and your classes. WORD FAMILY impute: imputable, imputation, imputed, imputes, imputing+/imputable: imputably/imputation: imputations USAGE EXAMPLES It’s possible to impute political motives to the computer scientists, some of whom have criticized Trump on social media. Slate(Oct 31, 2016) But imputing them loosely to large numbers of people, and dismissing those people with contempt, isn’t helpful. Slate(Oct 05, 2016) Essentially, the Europeans propose judging anticompetitiveness on the basis of something with imputed value, the uses of which aren’t fully understood yet. New York Times(Sep 30, 2016) 1v attribute or credit to People impute great cleverness to cats Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper ascribe, assign, attribute carnalize, sensualize ascribe to an origin in sensation credit give someone credit for something reattribute attribute to another source anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize ascribe human features to something personate, personify attribute human qualities to something accredit, credit ascribe an achievement to blame, charge attribute responsibility to externalise, externalize, project regard as objective interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 2v attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness Syn\|Hyper ascribe, assign, attribute attribute or credit to ascribe, assign, attribute attribute or credit to
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