单词 | attributable |
释义 | attributable (ətrɪbjʊtəbəl ) adjective If something is attributable to an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person. 10,000 deaths a year from chronic lung disease are attributable to smoking. [+ to] The mess was directly attributable to a corrupt and incompetent official. Synonyms: ascribable, accountable, applicable, traceable Collocations: directly attributable to Neither death was directly attributable to a fence. Times, Sunday Times (2012) What is not made clear is how many of these causes are directly attributable to government policies or are sanctioned by them. Times, Sunday Times (2011) And there is no other common cancer so directly attributable to a single, avoidable cause. The Sun (2011) This disparity is not directly attributable to races, although certain diseases occur more often in certain races. An Introduction to Community Health (1995) Public opposition to nuclear power has lost some of its intensity as the death toll directly attributable to the disaster has stayed stubbornly low. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The success of the victim support movement in securing the initial co-operation of the police in referring victims to it is largely attributable to its political neutrality. Victimology - the victim and the criminal justice process (1989) Weak inflation was largely attributable to low oil prices, which were a boost for the economy, he said. Times, Sunday Times (2015) These differences were largely attributable to lower basal area and presumably lower leaf biomass in miombo stands. 2018, 'Net primary production in plantations of Pinus taeda and Eucalyptus cloeziana compared with a mountain miombo woodland in Mozambique', Global Ecology and Conservation The loss is thought to be partly attributable to processes that take place over thousands of years. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The rise is partly attributable to the increase in British visitors to the country. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He has a unique style, partly attributable to the stick control he learned playing hurling as a schoolboy. The Sun (2010) We've seen how the Remington turnaround was partly attributable to motivation. Going For It!: How to Succeed As an Entrepreneur (1986) Translations: Chinese: 很可能由于…导致的 Japanese: 起因する |
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