attribute

英 [ə'trɪbjuːt] 美 [ə'trɪbjut]

解释

※ 提供单词"attribute"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

attribute 归因于

前缀at-同ad-. tribute, 贡金，给予，词源同tribe, 部落。

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.

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1. People were beginning to attribute superhuman qualities to him.: 人们开始觉得他超人一等。

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。

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.