attribute
英 [?'tr?bju?t]
美[?'tr?bjut]
- n. 屬性；特質
- vt. 歸屬；把…歸于
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詞態變化
復數:?attributes;第三人稱單數:?attributes;過去式:?attributed;過去分詞:?attributed;現在分詞:?attributing;名詞:?attribution;
助記提示
1. 一再的給過去.
中文詞源
attribute 歸因于
前綴at-同ad-. tribute, 貢金，給予，詞源同tribe, 部落。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. People were beginning to attribute superhuman qualities to him.
- 人們開始覺得他超人一等。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Childhood had less freedom and joy than we sentimentally attribute to it.
- 童年并非像我們現在一廂情愿所認為的那樣自在快樂。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Cruelty is a normal attribute of human behaviour.
- 殘忍是人的天性之一。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Archaeologists attribute the ruin to a flourishing prehistoric kingdom.
- 考古學家認為這些廢墟屬于一個繁榮的史前王國.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The crown is an attribute of kingship.
- 皇冠是王位的象征
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
