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attributively

/uh-trib-yuh-tiv-lee/US // əˈtrɪb yə tɪv li //

归因于,归咎于,归属地,归根结底

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    Grammar.

    • : in an attributive or adjectival manner; in a position directly adjacent to and modifying a noun, without any intervening linking verb, as the adjective warm in a warm welcome or the noun romance in a romance novel.

Examples

  • The word is also used attributively to indicate the kind of trade carried on in such towns.