動(dòng)詞 impute:

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

1. I impute his failure to laziness.
   我把他的失敗歸咎于他的懶惰。
2. They imputed the accident to the driver's carelessness.
   他們把事故歸咎于駕駛員的疏忽。
3. He was innocent of the crime imputed to him.
   對(duì)于所加在他身上的罪，他是無辜的。

im.pute

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
im.put.ed,im.put.ing,im.putes
To charge with the fault or responsibility for:
歸罪或推加責(zé)任于：
例句：
imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket; kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience.
把火箭發(fā)射失敗的責(zé)任歸咎于有故障的墊圈；善意地將我的笨拙歸咎于缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)

To attribute; credit:
歸于；歸功于，贊譽(yù)：
例句：
the gracefulness so often imputed to cats.See Synonyms at attribute
優(yōu)雅常被用在貓身上參見 attribute

來源：
Middle English imputen
中古英語 imputen
from Old French emputer
源自 古法語 emputer
from Latin imput3re
源自 拉丁語 imput3re
in- [in] * see in- 2
in- [在…里] *參見 in-2
put3re [to settle an account] * see peu-
put3re [算帳，向…清算] *參見 peu-