impute

动词 impute:

1. attribute or credit to
   同义词：ascribe, assign, attribute
2. attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source

1. I impute his failure to laziness.
   我把他的失败归咎于他的懒惰。
2. They imputed the accident to the driver's carelessness.
   他们把事故归咎于驾驶员的疏忽。
3. He was innocent of the crime imputed to him.
   对于所加在他身上的罪，他是无辜的。

im.pute

v.tr.（及物动词）
im.put.ed,im.put.ing,im.putes
To charge with the fault or responsibility for:
归罪或推加责任于：
例句：
imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket; kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience.
把火箭发射失败的责任归咎于有故障的垫圈；善意地将我的笨拙归咎于缺乏经验

To attribute; credit:
归于；归功于，赞誉：
例句：
the gracefulness so often imputed to cats.See Synonyms at attribute
优雅常被用在猫身上参见 attribute

来源：
Middle English imputen
中古英语 imputen
from Old French emputer
源自 古法语 emputer
from Latin imput3re
源自 拉丁语 imput3re
in- [in] * see in- 2
in- [在…里] *参见 in-2
put3re [to settle an account] * see peu-
put3re [算帐，向…清算] *参见 peu-