Impute *** & Impugn

impute





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vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)[(+to)]



          1.    歸罪於,歸咎於;歸因於

                      The police impute the rise in crime to high unemployment.

                      警方把犯罪增加的原因歸咎於失業率太高。

          2.    【宗】把(善行或罪孽)歸於



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impugn, impute (vv.) 

   

Impugn means to "challenge the truth or integrity of something," "to attack its veracity (誠實,真實) ,"as in She impugned his stated [reasons] for resigning. 



Impute means "to attribute something, particularly a crime or a fault, to someone or some cause," as in He imputed their loss of the match [to] their lack of practice. 



The verb impute is used only when the observation made is critical or unflattering, and it often invites an inference that the observation is unfair or unreasonable.   

  



 　　

A curious case, this "Benjamin Button." Far [a]field from his sublime novels, such as "The Great Gatsby" and "Tender Is the Night," or his finest short stories, from "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" and "Winter Dreams" to "The Last of the Belles," 



F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a doodle -- a snarky little tale about a man born old who ages backward -- that Fitzgerald whipped out, probably mainly for the cash. 



gestating [project] and consulted with Fitzgerald scholars such as A. Scott Berg, he learned that, in fact, the tale was "a whimsy ... of no consequence, but that isn't to impugn Fitzgerald's [motives].



doodle

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 

1. to draw 

or 

scribble idly: He doodled during the whole lecture.  



2. to waste (time) in aimless or foolish activity.





impugn (challenge)

incite

indict (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against

recrimination countercharge

refute to prove to be erroneous, rebut & confute ...I refute the accusation that

castigate to reprimand severely, punish ...castigating him as a "narcissistic" part of the human anatomy

Castigate