attribute的过去式

1. （人或物的）属性，特性，特征，品性，品质
2. 标志，象征，表征
3. 【语法】修饰语，定语，属性形容词，限定词（在名词短语中修饰名词的形容词）
4. 【逻辑学】属性，性质
5. 名誉，荣誉

1. 把…归因于...，把…归咎于，认为…是由于
2. 认为…是某人所做，认为是…所为
3. 认为…属于，认为…是某人所有，认为…是某人创造，认为某作品出自某人之手，认为…是…产生
4. 把（某品质）归于某人，认为某人具有（某品性）

1. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished;

   "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
   

2. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

1. attribute or credit to;

   "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"
   "People impute great cleverness to cats"
   

2. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme;

   "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
   

1.把…归因于;把…归咎于
If youattribute somethingto an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.

e.g. Women tend toattribute their success to external causes such as luck.
女性倾向于将她们的成功归因于外部因素，比如运气。

2.将（品质或特征）加于…;认为…为…所有
If youattribute a particular quality or featureto someone or something, you think that they have got it.

attribute的反义词

e.g. People were beginning toattribute superhuman qualities to him.
人们开始觉得他超人一等。

3.认为(文章、艺术品或评论）出自…
If a piece of writing, a work of art, or a remarkis attributed to someone, people say that they wrote it, created it, or said it.

e.g. This, and the remaining frescoes, are not attributed to Giotto.
这个，还有那些残存的湿壁画，都不是乔托的作品。
e.g. ...a Madonna and Child attributed to Pietro Lorenzetti.
被认为出自彼得罗·洛伦泽蒂之手的作品《圣母子》

4.（人或物的）品质，特征
Anattribute is a quality or feature that someone or something has.

e.g. Cruelty is a normalattribute of human behaviour...
残忍是人的天性之一。
e.g. He has everyattribute you could want and could play for any team.
他具备你想要的所有品质，放在哪个队都行。

attribute to (v.+prep.)

认为某事〔物〕属于某人〔物〕believe sth to belong to sb/sth
attribute sth to sb/sth/v-ing

I attribute our success to him.

我把我们的成功归功于他。

I never attribute mean motives to anyone.

我从不把卑劣的动机加在任何人身上。

They attributed the blame for the reverses to their superiors.

他们认为挫折的责任在于他们的上级。

He attributed his failure to poor judgment.

他把失败归因于判断错误。

She attributes her great age to a carefully planned diet.

她把她的长寿归功于精心安排的饮食。

She attributed her illness to the cold weather.

她把自己的病归因于寒冷的天气。

The doctors have attributed the cause of the illness to an unknown virus.

医生们把这种疾病的起因归于一种未知的病毒。

She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck.

她认为她的成功来自勤劳和一点点运气。

Her teachers attributed her learning difficulties to emotional problems.

她的老师们把她的学习困难归因于感情问题。

The President attributed the worsening situation to increased guerrilla activity.

总统把日益恶化的情势归因于游击队活动增加。

Jim wrongly attributed his failure to bad luck.

吉姆错误地把自己的失败归咎于运气不佳。

He attributed it,I believe,to a political cause.

我相信，他把这件事的动机归因于政治。

To what do you attribute this delay?

你说这次延误的原因是什么？

He partly attributes his good health to careful living.

他把健康部分归因于生活起居处处留心。

We attribute our success to being in the right place at the right time.

我们把成功归于天时地利。

He attributes his success to working hard.

他认为他的成功是艰苦工作的结果。

Someone knew enough felt that his crime would be attributed to her.

有个人充分了解情况，认为他犯下的罪一定与她有关。

The car accident was attributed to faulty brakes.

这次车祸被认为是刹车失灵造成的。

This incident cannot be attributed merely to carelessness.

这个事故的发生不能单纯归因于疏忽。

Lung cancer has been partly attributed to smoking.

人们认为肺癌部分是由于吸烟引起的。

attribute sth to sb

Most experts have attributed the drawing to Michelangelo.

大多数专家认为这幅画出自米凯朗琪罗之手。

The remark was later attributed to Karl himself.

这话后来被认为是卡尔本人说的。

The unsigned painting was wrongly attributed to Raphael.

这幅未署名的画被误认为是拉斐尔的作品。

Marcello's work was at first attributed to his brother Benedetto.

马尔赛洛的作品起初被认为是他的兄弟本内代托所作。

This comedy has been traditionally attributed to Mark Twain.

这出喜剧据传为马克·吐温所作。

This play is usually attributed to Shakespeare.

人们通常认为这出戏剧是莎士比亚所写。

This song is usually attributed to Schubert.

这首歌曲通常被认为是舒伯特的作品。

attribute sth to sb/sth

He attributes wisdom to his teacher.

他认为他的老师有智慧。

Some scientists attribute intelligence to ants.

有些科学家认为蚂蚁有智力。

He attributed this pottery to the Bronze Age.

他认为这种陶器是青铜时代的遗物。

be an attribute of

是…的本性〔象征〕a quality forming part of the nature of a person or thing

• attribute to把…归因于
• attribute one's success to hard work把成功归因于辛勤的工作
• attribute one's failure to poor judgment把失败归咎于判断错误
• attribute the success to sb把成功归功于某人

• best attribute好品性

• an attribute of a fighter战士的象征
• an attribute of a gentleman绅士的品性
• an attribute of human beings人类的一种特征
• an attribute of kingship王位的象征

attribute, ascribe, impute, refer

这四个词的共同意思是“归于…”或“归因于…”。其区别是：

1.attribute和ascribe既可用于积极意义,也可用于消极意义; 而impute则主要用于坏的方面,常表示“归罪于或嫁祸于…”。

2.refer与attribute相比词义较弱。

3.attribute强调客观性; ascribe则表示主观臆断。

attribute...to, owe...to

这两短语的共同意思是“把…归因于…”。其区别是：

1.owe...to只用于主动句,且多含褒义; 而attribute...to可用于主动句,也可用于被动句,且多用于贬义。例如:

To whom do we owe the discovery of penicillin?盘尼西林的发现该归功于谁?

He attributes his success to hard work.他把自己的成功归因于努力工作。

Economists attributed the lack of progress to poor cooperation.经济学家把缺乏进步归咎于合作不好。

2.owe...to的主语可以是物,也可以是人; attribute...to的主语只能是人。例如:

The bank and its customer owe a large number of obligations to one another.银行和主顾彼此都应负很多义务。

She attributes her success to hard work and a bit of luck.她认为她的成功是由于勤奋加上一点运气而得来的。

attribute，ascribe

这两个动词均有“把……归于”之意。

attribute指出于相信而把……归于某人或某物，含较多的客观性。

ascribe指根据推论或猜想把……归于某人或某物，含主观臆断成分较重。

quality，property，feature，characteristic，peculiarity，trait，attribute，character

这些名词均有“特性、特点、品质”之意。

quality最普通用词，既可指有形或无形的特性，又可指个性或共性的特征。

property多指同类事物所共有的特性，一般不用于指人。

feature指事物突出引人注目的特点。多用来说明人的容貌特征或地理特征。

characteristic指某人或某物天生有别于他人或他物的内部特质或外表特征。

peculiarity指人或事物独具的或奇怪的特点，常带感情色彩。

trait多指人的性格、心情的特征，尤指先天秉赋的持久的行为模式或性格特征。

attribute通常指人主观赋予某事物的属性，可指典型事物。

character多指一类人或事物所具有的独特的典型的特征。

symbol，badge，sign，signal，mark，token，attribute，emblem

这些名词均含“标志、象征、符号”之意。

symbol指作象征或表达某种深邃意蕴的特殊事物。

badge一般指金属证章或写有姓名的带状标志物。

sign普通用词，指人们公认事物的记号，也可指某种情况的征兆。

signal指为某一目的而有意发出的信号。

mark普通用词，含义广泛。既可指方便于辨认而有意做的标记，又可指自然形成的标记或有别于他事物的特征。

token语气庄重，指礼品、纪念物等作为表示友谊、爱情等的象征或标志。

attribute指人或物及其地位、属性的象征。

emblem指选定象征一个国家、民族或家庭等的图案或实物。