- 1可歸因於
If a result, a problem, or a change is attributable to something, that thing is likely the cause. It is a careful, formal word. Doctors, scientists, and news writers like it because it does not slam the door: it says we can reasonably put this down to X, not X definitely did it. You will see deaths attributable to smoking, delays attributable to the weather. Though actually, people also stretch it to good news — success attributable to hard work — not only to blame. The pattern is attributable to, and it often follows is/was/are.
From the word’s history
From attribute + -able.
由 attribute「歸因於」加 -able 組成。
組成From attribute + -able.
同家族的字
- attributethe verb attribute to is the same idea of assigning a cause
- attributionthe noun for assigning something to a cause or source
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
attributableadj/əˈtɹɪbjuːtəbəl/
- 1
Capable of being attributed.
- His lack of conversation is attributable to his shyness.
- Timekeeping is better than on many Irish main lines; indeed, such delays as do occur are often attributable to late running of the Dublin-Sligo trains.
- 2
Allowed to be attributed.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。