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(xiàn)在一廂情愿所認(rèn)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.