attribute

【发音】

美 /ə'trɪbjut/ 英 /ə'trɪbjuːt/

【翻译】

1. vt. 把…归因于

   英释:If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation

2. n. 属性

   英释:a quality or feature, especially one that is considered to be good or useful

【记忆】

at(表加强) ＋ tribute(给予) → 一再给予 → 把…归因于

【短语】

1. attribute data : 属性资料（数据）

2. attribute value : 属性值

3. attribute name : 属性名称

4. product attribute : 产品属性

5. physical attribute : 身体素质；物理属性

【例句】

1. Women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as luck.

   女性往往把她们的成功归因于外因，如运气。

【真题例句】

1. (2016.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...The overwhelming majority of employees attribute their stress mainly to low pay and an excessive workload...

2. (2014.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...whereby good performance leads commentators to attribute all manner of virtues to anything and everything the company does...

3. (2010.6 • CET6 • • 写作题)...Educators attribute it to the ignorance of university administration...

【同、近义词】

1. n.属性；特质

   particularity/idiosyncracy/

2. vt.归属；把…归于

   ascribe to/

【同根词】

1. adj

   attributable : 可归于…的；可归属的

   attributive : 定语的；归属的；属性的

2. adv

   attributively : 属性地；修饰地

3. n

   attribution : 归因；属性；归属

   attributive : 定语