attribute

属性、特徴

人や物が持っている性質や特徴。

やさしい英語で： A quality or feature that someone or something has.

• Patience is a useful attribute.
• The job requires several important attributes.
• What is the building’s most striking attribute?

使い方： an attribute of someone/something (Honesty is an important attribute of a leader.)

類義語： quality, feature, characteristic, trait

よく使う表現： personal attribute, essential attribute, attribute of something

属性

コンピューター上の物やデータに設定された性質や情報。

やさしい英語で： A property or setting attached to an object in a computer system.

• This attribute controls the text colour.
• The program changed the file’s attributes.
• Each element has an attribute that stores its name.

類義語： property

よく使う表現： file attribute, attribute value, set an attribute

象徴、持物

美術で人物の正体や役割を示すために一緒に描かれる物。

やさしい英語で： An object shown with a person or figure in art to identify them or their role.

• The trident is an attribute of the sea god.
• The saint’s attribute appears beside her in the painting.
• These attributes help viewers identify the figures.

使い方： an attribute of someone (The key is a traditional attribute of this saint.)

類義語： symbol, emblem

よく使う表現： traditional attribute, attribute of someone, symbolic attribute

帰する

ある出来事の原因を特定の人や物にあるとすること。

やさしい英語で： To say that something happened because of a particular person or thing.

• They attribute the delay to bad weather.
• She attributed her success to hard work.
• Can we attribute this change to better training?

使い方： attribute something to someone/something (Doctors attribute his tiredness to a lack of sleep.)

類義語： ascribe, put down

よく使う表現： attribute something to someone, attribute success to something

帰する

ある物を特定の人が作った、書いた、または所有しているとすること。

やさしい英語で： To say that a particular person made, wrote, or owns something.

• Experts attribute the painting to a local artist.
• The poem was attributed to her brother.
• Who first attributed this letter to the king?

使い方： attribute something to someone (The museum attributes this drawing to a student of the artist.)

類義語： ascribe, credit

よく使う表現： attribute something to someone, attribute a painting