attribute

at·trib·ute

A0512200 (ə-trĭb′yo͞ot)tr.v. at·trib·ut·ed, at·trib·ut·ing, at·trib·utes 1. To regard as arising from a particular cause or source; ascribe: attributed their failure to a lack of preparation.2. To regard (a work, for example) as belonging to or produced by a specified agent, place, or time: attributed the painting to Titian; attributed the vase to 18th-century Japan.n. at·tri·bute (ăt′rə-byo͞ot′)1. A quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to someone or something.2. An object associated with and serving to identify a character, personage, or office: Lightning bolts are an attribute of Zeus.3. Grammar A word or phrase syntactically subordinate to another word or phrase that it modifies; for example, my sister's and brown in my sister's brown dog.

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[Latin attribuere, attribūt- : ad-, ad- + tribuere, to allot; see tribute.]

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at·trib′ut·a·ble adj.at·trib′ut·er, at·trib′u·tor n.Synonyms: attribute, ascribe, impute, credit, assign, refer
These verbs mean to consider as resulting from or belonging to a person or thing. Attribute and ascribe, often interchangeable, have the widest application: The historian discovered a new symphony attributed to Mozart. The museum displayed an invention ascribed to the 15th century.
Impute is often used in laying guilt or fault to another: "We usually ascribe good; but impute evil" (Samuel Johnson).
Credit usually refers to the acknowledgment of another for an accomplishment or contribution: "Some excellent remarks were made on immortality, but mainly borrowed from and credited to Plato" (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.).
Assign and refer are often used to classify or categorize: Program music as a genre is usually assigned to the Romantic period."A person thus prepared will be able to refer any particular history he takes up to its proper place in universal history" (Joseph Priestley). See Also Synonyms at quality.

attribute

vb (usually foll by: to) to regard as belonging (to), produced (by), or resulting (from); ascribe (to): to attribute a painting to Picasso. n 1. a property, quality, or feature belonging to or representative of a person or thing 2. an object accepted as belonging to a particular office or position 3. (Grammar) grammar a. an adjective or adjectival phraseb. an attributive adjective 4. (Logic) logic the property, quality, or feature that is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition [C15: from Latin attribuere to associate with, from tribuere to give] atˈtributable adj atˈtributer, atˈtributor n attribution n

at•trib•ute

(v. əˈtrɪb yut; n. ˈæ trəˌbyut)

v. -ut•ed, -ut•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to regard as resulting from a specified cause: She attributes his bad temper to ill health. 2. to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated: to attribute intelligence to one's colleagues. 3. to regard as made or produced by or originating in the person, time, place, etc., indicated: to attribute a painting to an artist. n. 4. a quality, character, characteristic, or property attributed as belonging to a person, thing, group, etc. 5. an object associated with a character, office, or quality, as the lion skin of Hercules. 6. a subordinate word or phrase that serves to limit, particularize, or supplement the meaning of another: In the red house, red is an attribute of house. at•tri•bute [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin attribūtus, past participle of attribuere to allot, assign, attribute] at•trib′ut•a•ble, adj. at•trib′ut•er, at•trib′u•tor, n. syn: attribute, ascribe, impute mean to assign something to a definite cause or source. Possibly because of an association with tribute, attribute often has a complimentary connotation: to attribute one's success to a friend's encouragement. ascribe is used in a similar sense, but has a neutral implication: to ascribe an accident to carelessness. impute usu. means to attribute something dishonest or discreditable to a person; it implies blame or accusation: to impute an error to a new employee. See also quality.

attribute

Past participle: attributed
Gerund: attributing

Imperative
attribute
attribute

Present
I attribute
you attribute
he/she/it attributes
we attribute
you attribute
they attribute

Preterite
I attributed
you attributed
he/she/it attributed
we attributed
you attributed
they attributed

Present Continuous
I am attributing
you are attributing
he/she/it is attributing
we are attributing
you are attributing
they are attributing

Present Perfect
I have attributed
you have attributed
he/she/it has attributed
we have attributed
you have attributed
they have attributed

Past Continuous
I was attributing
you were attributing
he/she/it was attributing
we were attributing
you were attributing
they were attributing

Past Perfect
I had attributed
you had attributed
he/she/it had attributed
we had attributed
you had attributed
they had attributed

Future
I will attribute
you will attribute
he/she/it will attribute
we will attribute
you will attribute
they will attribute

Future Perfect
I will have attributed
you will have attributed
he/she/it will have attributed
we will have attributed
you will have attributed
they will have attributed

Future Continuous
I will be attributing
you will be attributing
he/she/it will be attributing
we will be attributing
you will be attributing
they will be attributing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been attributing
you have been attributing
he/she/it has been attributing
we have been attributing
you have been attributing
they have been attributing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been attributing
you will have been attributing
he/she/it will have been attributing
we will have been attributing
you will have been attributing
they will have been attributing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been attributing
you had been attributing
he/she/it had been attributing
we had been attributing
you had been attributing
they had been attributing

Conditional
I would attribute
you would attribute
he/she/it would attribute
we would attribute
you would attribute
they would attribute

Past Conditional
I would have attributed
you would have attributed
he/she/it would have attributed
we would have attributed
you would have attributed
they would have attributed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	attribute - a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property"dimension, propertyconcept, conception, construct - an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instanceslineament, character, quality - a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"characteristic, feature - a prominent attribute or aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics"feature of speech, feature - (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind
	2.	attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entityabstract entity, abstraction - a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examplesstate - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"shape, form - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"time - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the pastinfinite, space - the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite"human nature - the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings; "a great observer of human nature"trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal naturecharacter - (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genesthing - any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."common denominator - an attribute that is common to all members of a categorypersonality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others"cheerfulness, sunniness, cheer, sunshine - the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; "flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room"uncheerfulness - not conducive to cheer or good spiritsballast - an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelingsethos - (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos"eidos - (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social groupquality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeareproperty - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"heritage, inheritance - any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"depth - the attribute or quality of being deep, strong, or intense; "the depth of his breathing"; "the depth of his sighs," "the depth of his emotion"
Verb	1.	attribute - attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"ascribe, impute, assignpass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"impute - attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"carnalize, sensualize - ascribe to an origin in sensationcredit - give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"reattribute - attribute to another sourceanthropomorphise, anthropomorphize - ascribe human features to somethingpersonate, personify - attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"credit, accredit - ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in the program"blame, charge - attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"externalise, externalize, project - regard as objectiveinteriorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize - incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal; "internalize a belief"
	2.	attribute - decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"assignpass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"classify, relegate - assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"

attribute

verb1. ascribe, apply, credit, blame, refer, trace, assign, charge, allocate, put down, set down, allot, impute They attribute their success to external causes such as luck.noun1. quality, point, mark, sign, note, feature, property, character, element, aspect, symbol, characteristic, indication, distinction, virtue, trait, hallmark, facet, quirk, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy He has every attribute a footballer could want.

attribute

verbTo regard as belonging to or resulting from another:accredit, ascribe, assign, charge, credit, impute, lay, refer.noun1. A distinctive element:character, characteristic, feature, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, savor, trait.2. An object associated with and serving to identify something else:emblem, symbol.

Translations

品质属性把...归因于认为...是某人所为认为...是某人所写

attribute

(əˈtribjut) verb1. to think of as being written, made etc by. The play is attributed to Shakespeare. 認為...是某人所寫/為 认为...是某人所写（为） 2. to think of as being caused by. He attributed his illness to the cold weather. 把...歸因於 把...归因于 (ˈatribjuːt) noun a quality that is a particular part of a person or thing. Intelligence is not one of his attributes. 屬性 属性，品质