put down to

to put up/take down a tent

搭 / 拆帐篷

But should President Obama president have put down to let2011 the date as the date of the begining of the withdrawl of American presence?

奥巴马总统是不是应该确定，2011年开始撤出美国势力？

Traditiona-lly United have been slow starters, so can this defeat put down to that?

传统上曼联就是慢热, 所以这场失败也不是很重要?

Wind blows afloat your name, the moon put down to the dust the passing world-bound, and tomorrow, the first ray of the rising sun in Jiangnan, is there anyone who can read its feeling?

风吹起你的名字，月谢落过往的尘缘，明天，烟雨江南孕育的第一缕晨曦，有谁能解它的情衷？

The outbreak of cholera was put down to bad drinking water.

霍乱的发生归因于饮用水不清洁.

Rev Williamson later told Sky News: "I felt a marker should be put down to say clearly to everybody that a female bishop is not found in the bible."

莱福·保罗·威廉姆逊事后向Sky新闻说：“我感觉向每个人说清楚《圣经》里找不到女性主教是有必要的。”

Problems that arise in China through cultural differences can often be put down to simple misunderstandings.

在中国由于文化区别发生的问题，可以被人为是简单的误会。

In the process of English language learning, the forming of icy period is put down to disjunction of the knowledge of English language and its application.

承袭期三个阶段。英语学习过程中冰冻期的产生是由于长期语言知识与语言运用脱节而致。

Being tired all the time is often put down to anaemia and women think they should take more iron, but that could do more harm than good.

女人总将长时间的疲劳归因于贫血，自以为多摄入点铁元素就没事了，但是这样做弊多利少。

A study found that students asked to tell whether someone was gay or straight guessed correctly more often than could be put down to mere chance.

一项研究发现，在要求学生辨认一个人是同性恋还是异性恋的时候，通常会猜中的几率比较大，这可不仅仅是随机猜测的问题。

For many, a successful marriage can be put down to attraction, devotion, patience – and true love.

对于很多人来说，成功的婚姻可以归因于吸引力、奉献、耐心以及真爱。

Can this failure be put down to his peculiar personality and foibles?

这次失败是否可以归因于他那特殊的个性与性格弱点？

The outbreak of food poisoning was put down to contaminated milk.

发生大量食物中毒现象据说是牛奶沾染细菌造成的.

The few miracle cases can be put down to statistical anomalies or placebo effect which has been proven to be better than quack medicine in some cases.

中医里那些为数不多的成功案例可以归结为数据异常或者安慰剂效应。现在已经有研究表明，服用安慰剂在一些情况下比服用不那么对症的药的效果都要好。

They taught us how to strip down a car engine and put it back together again.

他们教我们拆卸、安装汽车引擎。

(British English,figurative)More than 70 000 shopkeepers have been forced to put up the shutters (= close down their businesses) in the past year.

去年，有7万多家商店被迫关了门。

The disease was put down to bad drinking water.

这疾病被认为是由劣质饮用水引起的.

Such is Scholes'nature that those doubts could now be put down to his shrug-of-the-shoulders outlook on life.

这就是斯科尔斯的性格，他可以满不在乎的回顾过去遇到的质疑。

The fever was put down to bad water.

据说是水不好引起发烧的.

All this can be put down to advances in motor engineering.

这一切都可归因于汽车工程学的发展。

While those losing players'complaints could be put down to sour grapes, even Iker Casillas-whose Spanish team has progressed to Sunday's final game-said the ball is'appalling.

即使这些失利球员的怨言也许有些酸葡萄心理，但本届世界杯冠军西班牙队的门将伊戈尔•卡西利亚斯（Iker Casillas）对这种足球的评价也是“很可怕”。

Crawford and Wang believe the slump in attainment can be put down to two factors.

克劳福特和王认为，学习成绩的倒退可以归结为两个因素。

Rev Williamson later told Sky News: I felt a marker should be put down to say clearly to everybody that a female bishop is not found in the bible.

莱福·保罗·威廉姆逊事后向Sky新闻说：我感觉向每个人说清楚《圣经》里找不到女性主教是有必要的。

She finally agreed to have the wretched animal put down.

她最后同意用药结束这头可怜的动物的生命。

to pick up/lift/put down/replace the receiver

拿起 / 放回听筒

Such cultural differences I once put down to local quirks or regulations.

我曾把这种文化上的差异归因于当地习俗或者监管规则。

The relationship between the old Duke and the young woman was put down to the salacity which is frequently found in rich old men. People imagined all manner of things, except the truth.

大家把老公爵和玛格丽特的亲密关系归之于老年人贪淫好色,这是有钱的老头儿常犯的毛病, 人们对他们的关系有各种各样的猜测, 就是未猜到真情.

The correlation isn't perfect, but it's much too good to put down to chance.

这种相关性并不完美, 但却比完全视之为一种可能性要好许多.

At first the outbreak of food poisoning was put down to contaminated milk.

起初以为食物中毒是牛奶受到污染的缘故.

Their success can rather be put down to what they offer and how they are used.

这些网站的成功，更应该归功于它们所提供的服务和使用方式。