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impute

/im-pyoot/US // ɪmˈpyut //UK // (ɪmˈpjuːt) //

归因于,归纳,归咎于,归结

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    im·put·ed, im·put·ing.

    • : to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
    • : to attribute or ascribe, as to a person.
    • : Law. to ascribe to or charge with an act or quality because of the conduct of another over whom one has control or for whose acts or conduct one is responsible.
    • : Theology. to attribute to a person or persons vicariously; ascribe as derived from another.
    • : Obsolete. to charge with fault.

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Examples

  • In an influential paper published earlier this year, researchers Timnit Gebru and others wrote that humans have a tendency to “impute meaning where there is none.”

  • We then imputed wealth and income between SCF years and calculated taxes and wealth growth for the typical family in our cohort using these figures.

  • These polls are still included in our averages and models with an imputed sample size until we obtain the actual sample size.

  • As a former rock critic, Ms. Maslin should know better than to impute bad intent here.

  • People will impute responsibility on them for the actions of the family member.

  • Fringe characters—guides, drivers—sometimes appear out of nowhere, with the reader being left to impute who "Vanya" is.

  • Vanderbank felt of a sudden almost guilty—as if his answer could only impute extravagance to the lady.

  • Pray impute therefore solely to these hard times my not more practically showing my gratitude to you on account of Carl.

  • These and many other irregularities I impute solely to the Naib; and I think it my duty to recommend his instant removal.

  • No, nor even with the green-eyed monster Jealousy her unscrupulous effrontery had not hesitated to impute.

  • This being the case, ought they not to impute their sufferings to him, into whose arms they fly for comfort?