quy kết
Definition
- Verb:
- To attribute / to ascribe: To assign a cause, reason, or blame to someone or something, often in a formal or accusatory context.
- To conclude / to impute: To formally state that someone is responsible for a fault or a specific outcome, typically after analysis or judgment.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Không nên vội vàng quy kết lỗi cho một cá nhân. (One should not hastily attribute the fault to a single individual.)
- Tòa án sẽ quy kết trách nhiệm pháp lý dựa trên chứng cứ. (The court will impute legal responsibility based on evidence.)
- Báo cáo quy kết nguyên nhân vụ cháy do chập điện. (The report concludes the cause of the fire to be an electrical short.)
Advanced Usage
- Used frequently in legal, journalistic, and analytical contexts to denote a formal assignment of cause or blame.
- Often carries a nuance of a definitive or official judgment, sometimes perceived as a negative attribution.
Variants and Related Words
- Kết luận (v/n): to conclude; a conclusion. (A more general term for reaching a conclusion without the strong connotation of assigning blame.)
- Đổ lỗi (v): to blame. (A more colloquial and direct term for blaming someone.)
Synonyms
- Attribute: to regard something as being caused by.
- Impute: to assign (especially blame or responsibility) to someone.
- Ascribe: to attribute something to a cause.
Related Idioms
- Quy tội: to blame; to accuse. (This phrase is closely related and often used interchangeably in everyday language, though "quy kết" can sound more formal or procedural.)
- Anh ta bị quy tội cho vụ vi phạm. (He was blamed for the violation.)