impute

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托福GRE

v. attribute or credit to
v. attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source

vt. 归罪, 使负责, 嫁祸于

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impute由前缀im-（表示向内或进入）和词根pute（源于拉丁语putare，意为计算或认为）构成，意为把某种责任或过错归于某人。

例句

1. She did not want to impute blame to anyone for the mistake.

她不想把错误的责任归咎于任何人。

2. The report tries to impute the company's failure to poor management.

这份报告试图将公司的失败归因于管理不善。

3. It's unfair to impute such motives to people without knowing their true intentions.

在不知道他们真实意图的情况下，把这种动机归咎于别人是不公平的。