/əˈtrɪbjuːt/
with obj.(attribute something to)
1- regard something as being caused by把…归因于; 把…归咎于：
he attributed the firm's success to the efforts of the managing director
他把公司的成就归功于总经理的努力
his resignation was attributed to stress.
他的辞职源于压力过大。
1.1
- ascribe a work or remark to (a particular author, artist, or speaker)认为作品（或话语）属于：
the building was attributed to Inigo Jones.
这座大楼是由伊尼戈·琼斯设计的。
1.2
- regard a quality or feature as characteristic of or possessed by认为…具有某种特质：
ancient peoples attributed magic properties to certain stones.
古人认为某些石头具有魔力。
/ ˈætrɪbjuːt/
1
- a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something属性, 特性; 品质：
flexibility and mobility are the key attributes of Britain's army.
灵活和机动是英国军队的主要特点。
1.1
- a material object recognized as symbolic of a person, especially a conventional object used in art to identify a saint or mythical figure标志; 象征。
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- Computing a piece of information which determines the properties of a field or tag in a database or a string of characters in a display【计算机】属性。
3
- Grammar an attributive adjective or noun【语法】定语。
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- Statistics a real property which a statistical analysis is attempting to describe【统计】性质; 属性。
派生词
attributable
/əˈtrɪbjʊtəbl/ adjectiveattribution
nounattributional
adjective词源
late 15th cent.: the noun from Old French attribut; the verb from Latin attribut- 'allotted'： both from the verb attribuere, from ad- 'to' + tribuere 'assign'.