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Attribute Noun Sth Verb Quality Attribution Attributed əˈtrɪbjuːt

The word "attribute" can be used as a verb meaning to ascribe cause or credit to something, or as a noun referring to a quality or characteristic. As a verb, it often takes the preposition "to," for example, "attribute success to hard work."

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Collins
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The verb is pronounced /ə'trɪbjuːt/. The noun is pronounced /'ætrɪbjuːt/. 动词读作/ə'trɪbjuːt/,名词读作/'ætrɪbjuːt/。
1
[VERB 动词]把…归因于;把…归咎于 If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
  [V n to n]
  • Women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as luck.

    女性倾向于将她们的成功归因于外部因素,比如运气。

2
[VERB 动词]将(品质或特征)加于…;认为…为…所有 If you attribute a particular quality or feature to someone or something, you think that they have got it.
  [V n to n]
  • People were beginning to attribute superhuman qualities to him.

    人们开始觉得他超人一等。

attribution
  • There's usually a lot of attribution of evil intent to those who have different views.

    那些持异议者通常多被认为心怀邪念。

3
[VERB 动词]认为(文章、艺术品或评论)出自… If a piece of writing, a work of art, or a remark is attributed to someone, people say that they wrote it, created it, or said it.
  [be V-ed to n]
  [V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • This, and the remaining frescoes, are not attributed to Giotto.

    这个,还有那些残存的湿壁画,都不是乔托的作品。

  • ...a Madonna and Child attributed to Pietro Lorenzetti.

    被认为出自彼得罗·洛伦泽蒂之手的作品《圣母子》

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](人或物的)品质,特征 An attribute is a quality or feature that someone or something has.
  [usu with supp]
  • Cruelty is a normal attribute of human behaviour...

    残忍是人的天性之一。

  • He has every attribute you could want and could play for any team.

    他具备你想要的所有品质,放在哪个队都行。


Oxford at·tri·bute AWL
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attribute attributes attributed attributing
verb / əˈtrɪbjuːt ; NAmE əˈtrɪbjuːt / 1 attributesth to sth to say or believe that sth is the result of a particular thing 把…归因于;认为…是由于 ◆ She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck. 她认为她的成功来自勤劳和一点运气。 2 to say or believe that sb is responsible for doing sth, especially for saying, writing or painting sth 认为是…所为(或说、写、作) attributesth ◆ The committee refused to attribute blamewithout further information. 如果没有进一步的情况,委员会拒绝归罪于任何人。 attributesth to sb ◆ This play is usually attributed to Shakespeare. 人们通常认为这出戏剧是莎士比亚所写。 ▶ at·tri·bu·tion AWL attribution attributions / ˌætrɪˈbjuːʃn ; NAmE ˌætrɪˈbjuːʃn / noun [uncountable ] ◆ The attribution of this painting to Rembrandt has never been questioned. 从未有人怀疑这幅画是伦勃朗所作。 noun / ˈætrɪbjuːt ; NAmE ˈætrɪbjuːt / a quality or feature of sb/sth 属性;性质;特征 ◆ Patience is one of the most important attributes in a teacher. 耐心是教师最重要的品质之一。 at·tri·bute / əˈtrɪbjuːt ; NAmE əˈtrɪbjuːt / at·tri·bu·tion / ˌætrɪˈbjuːʃn ; NAmE ˌætrɪˈbjuːʃn / attribute / ˈætrɪbjuːt ; NAmE ˈætrɪbjuːt /
LDC
attribute1 verb
attribute2 noun
attributeat‧tri‧bute1 /əˈtrɪbjuːt $ -bjət/ ●○○ AWL verb
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attribute something to somebody/something phrasal verb1to believe or say that a situation or event is caused by something:  The fall in the number of deaths from heart disease is generally attributed to improvements in diet.2if people in general attribute a particular statement, painting, piece of music etc to someone, they believe that person said it, painted it etc:  a saying usually attributed to Confucius3to believe or say that someone or something has a particular quality:  One should not attribute human motives to animals.—attribution /ˌætrəˈbjuːʃən/ noun [uncountable]
attribute1 verb
attribute2 noun
attributeat‧tri‧bute2 /ˈætrəbjuːt/ ●○○ AWL noun [countable]
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a quality or feature, especially one that is considered to be good or useful:  What attributes should a good manager possess?
WDF

attribute

[əˈtrɪbju:t]attributed, attributing, attributes

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attributed[1005] attributes[977]
属性(95%),特征(2%),象征(1%),标志(1%),把 ... 归于(1%)
n.属性;特质
vt.归属;把…归于

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