英语词汇“ascribe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ascribeascribe /əˈskraɪb/ verb

ETYMOLOGYascribe

Origin: 1400-1500 Old French ascrivre, from Latin ascribere, from ad- to + scribere to write

VERB TABLE

ascribe

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ascribe
	he, she, it	ascribes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	ascribed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have ascribed
	he, she, it	has ascribed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had ascribed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ascribe
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have ascribed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am ascribing
	he, she, it	is ascribing
	you, we, they	are ascribing
Past	I, he, she, it	was ascribing
	you, we, they	were ascribing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been ascribing
	he, she, it	has been ascribing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been ascribing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be ascribing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been ascribing

ascribe something to somebody/something phrasal verb formal1to be fairly sure about what the cause of something is, and claim that this is true: Doctors ascribed his death to a virus.2to believe something or someone has a particular quality: The natives ascribe healing properties to this fruit.3to claim that someone is the artist, writer, etc. who produced a particular piece of work: These writings have been ascribed to Orpheus.—ascribable adjective