Imputation
[,ɪmpjuː'teɪʃən] or [,ɪmpjʊ'teʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the attribution to a source or cause; 'the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously'.
(noun.) a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); 'he denied the imputation'.
胡安編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(-) The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription; also, anything imputed or charged.
(-) Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
(-) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ.
(-) Opinion; intimation; hint.
整理:韦尔登
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Imputing, attributing.[2]. Charge, accusation, censure, reproach, blame.
校對:马里恩
例句/造句/用法:
- I could not rest under the imputation that I visited Florence and did not traverse its weary miles of picture galleries. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I throw back the imputation with scorn. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- If you mean that a girl who has no one to think for her is obliged to think for herself, I am quite willing to accept the imputation. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Not,' said Mrs. Sparsit, with a lofty sense of giving strict evidence, 'that I would convey any imputation on his moral character. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I had too much self-respect to defend myself under so gross an imputation. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Mrs Veneering equally resents the imputation of being the wife of Twemlow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mindful of the wondering dinner, Twemlow, with a little twinge, admits the imputation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- You're a pretty article,' growled the whelp, moving uneasily in his dark corner, 'to come here with these precious imputations! 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Presently he finds that imputations are cast upon them; a troublesome querist comes and asks, 'What is the just and good? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
校對:威尔默