attribute

1. V-T If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation. 把…歸因于

Women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as luck. 女性往往把她們的成功歸因于外因，如運氣。

2. V-T If you attribute a particular quality or feature to someone or something, you think that they have it. 賦予 (某品質(zhì)或特點)

People were beginning to attribute superhuman qualities to him. 人們開始賦予他超人的品質(zhì)。

3. V-T If a piece of writing, a work of art, or a remark is attributed to someone, people say that they wrote it, created it, or said it. 認為 (文章、作品等) 出自…[usu passive]

This, and the remaining frescoes, are not attributed to Giotto. 這個，還有那些殘存的壁畫，被認為不是喬托的作品。

4. N-COUNT An attribute is a quality or feature that someone or something has. 特性

Cruelty is a normal attribute of human behaviour. 殘忍是人類行為的一種正常的特性。