| 单词 | ascribe |
| 释义 | as·cribe 1. < it is conventional to ascribe this mastery to the development of scientific method — P.W.Bridgman > < in so far as we can ascribe those changes to individuals — Christopher Hollis > 2. obsolete 3. obsolete Synonyms: < they have ascribed their victories — in superstitious terms — to the operations of fortune — A.J.Toynbee > < disinclined to ascribe to her more than an indiscreet friendship with Wildeve — Thomas Hardy > attribute may imply less of the tentative than ascribe; in its suggestion it falls between ascribe and assign < this knowledge was partly communicated by visions and revelations, to which St. Paul attributed some importance — W.R.Inge > < the French had then given up their conventional trick of attributing Eleanor's acts to her want of morals — Henry Adams > assign may suggest the certainty and definiteness of cause, characterization, or placement that comes with deliberate consideration < more than one rejoinder declared that the importance I here assigned to criticism was excessive — Matthew Arnold > < they bore a strong likeness to the poems of Henry Vaughan the Silurist, and he concluded that they must be assigned to Vaughan — A.T.Quiller-Couch > refer, now less frequent in this sense, suggests explaining or characterizing by adducing an ultimate cause of major significance or by subsuming in a comprehensive group < I am convinced that at least one half of their bad manners may be referred to their education — A.T.Quiller-Couch > credit and accredit usually suggest favorable ascription bringing credit, although they may be used in unfavorable situations < I am sure both parties credited them with too much idealism and too little plain horse sense — Rose Macaulay > < literary style … is credited with being a mysterious preservative for subject matter which no longer interests — T.S.Eliot > < several Bangor houses have been accredited to Bulfinch — American Guide Series: Maine > impute is likely to be used with discreditable ascription ranging from accusation to implication < you imputed mean motives to them for giving such advice and cowardice to me for listening to them — Oscar Wilde > < no one should … find it necessary to impute to the critic … a puritanic way — F.R.Leavis > Unlike impute, charge always suggests unfavorable ascription, usually in direct accusation < the tyrannies … charged upon the New England oligarchy — V.L.Parrington > < crimes as base as any charged on me — William Cowper > |
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