attribute
英 [ə'trɪbjuːt]
美[ə'trɪbjut]
- n. 属性；特质
- vt. 归属；把…归于
词态变化
复数: attributes;第三人称单数: attributes;过去式: attributed;过去分词: attributed;现在分词: attributing;名词: attribution;
助记提示
1. 一再的给过去.
中文词源
attribute 归因于
前缀at-同ad-. tribute, 贡金，给予，词源同tribe, 部落。
英文词源
- attribute (v.)
- late 14c., "assign, bestow," from Latin attributus, past participle of attribuere "assign to, add, bestow;" figuratively "to attribute, ascribe, impute," from ad- "to" + tribuere "assign, give, bestow" (see tribute). Related: Attributed; attributing.
- attribute (n.)
- "quality ascribed to someone," late 14c., from Latin attributum "anything attributed," noun use of neuter of attributus (see attribute (v.)). Distinguished from the verb by pronunciation.
双语例句
- 1. People were beginning to attribute superhuman qualities to him.
- 人们开始觉得他超人一等。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Childhood had less freedom and joy than we sentimentally attribute to it.
- 童年并非像我们现在一厢情愿所认为的那样自在快乐。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Cruelty is a normal attribute of human behaviour.
- 残忍是人的天性之一。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Archaeologists attribute the ruin to a flourishing prehistoric kingdom.
- 考古学家认为这些废墟属于一个繁荣的史前王国.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The crown is an attribute of kingship.
- 皇冠是王位的象征
来自《简明英汉词典》