Attributable is an adjective meaning 'caused by something', typically used with 'to', indicating that something is likely caused by a particular event, situation, or person.
[ADJ 形容词]可归因于…的,可归结于…的 If something is attributable to an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person.
[v-link ADJ to n]
10,000 deaths a year from chronic lung disease are attributable to smoking...
吸烟导致每年有1万人死于慢性肺病。
The mess was directly attributable to a corrupt and incompetent official.
某个腐败无能的官员是导致这一烂摊子的罪魁祸首。
Oxford
at·trib·ut·ableAWL/əˈtrɪbjətəbl; NAmEəˈtrɪbjətəbl/adjective[not before noun ]attributableto sb/sth probably caused by the thing mentioned 可归因于;可能由于◆Their illnesses are attributable to a poor diet.他们的病可能是不良饮食所致。at·trib·ut·able/əˈtrɪbjətəbl; NAmEəˈtrɪbjətəbl/
LDC
attributableat‧trib‧u‧ta‧ble /əˈtrɪbjətəbəl/AWL adjective [not before noun]
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Collocations
likely to have been caused by somethingattributable to Death was attributable to gunshot wounds.
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attributable
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可归因于 ... 的(100%)
adj.可归于…的;可归属的
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