reattribute
verb [ T ] (also re-attribute) uk/ˌriː.əˈtrɪb.juːt/ us/ˌriː.əˈtrɪb.juːt/
重新定性
to say or think that something is the result or work of something or someone different to the thing or person previously believed to have caused or done it
Patients on the insomnia program learn to reattribute the cause of their sleeplessness.
Although it was originally thought that the picture was painted by him, it has now been reattributed to one of his contemporaries. 虽然最初认为这幅画是他画的，但现在已将创作权重新归于他的一位同时代人。
The doctors were taught how to re-attribute physical complaints to psychological problems.
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- The therapist's task is to encourage them to reattribute the cause of their current distress.
- He needs to learn not to blame himself and to reattribute responsibility for some of the troubles he has had.
- Critics have begun to re-attribute the gender of these images, claiming that they are female.
- If an expert tells us we have wrongly identified the photographer, we will sometimes re-attribute the photo.