put something down to something
phrasal verb with put verb uk/pʊt/ us/pʊt/ putting | put
把…归因于…
to think that a problem or situation is caused by a particular thing
I put the children's bad behaviour down to the fact that they were tired. 我认为孩子们表现不好是因为他们累了。
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- I'd always put his lack of confidence down to his strange upbringing.
- She did seem rather unhappy, but I just put it down to the pressure she was under at work.