misattribute
verb [ T ] (also mis-attribute) uk/ˌmɪs.əˈtrɪb.juːt/ us/ˌmɪs.əˈtrɪb.juːt/
将……错误地归因于;把……错误归属于
to wrongly say or think that someone or something has a particular quality or feature as a result of someone or something else
His bad temper is commonly misattributed to the chronic pain in his leg.
This isn't the only word that he misattributes: from the list of words said to have African origins, only two are likely to derive from African languages.
He contends that much of the slump in revenues has been mis-attributed to downsizing. 他争辩说，大部分收入的下滑都被错误地归因于裁员。
错误地归咎于某人;错误地归属与某人
to wrongly say or think that something was created, said, or written by a particular person
The museum misattributed a painting to Vincent Van Gogh.
Of course it matters if a quotation is misattributed. 当然，引语出错是个重要问题。
The quotation is from George Bernard Shaw, although it is often mis-attributed to Kennedy.
- More examples
- Conflict over issues may be misattributed to relationship conflict.
- Her ideas are repeatedly misattributed to male colleagues.
- He was appalled at how the remark was being misattributed.