以下是"attribute"与"characteristic"的用法辨析及翻译建议:
1. 核心概念差异:
- attribute(属性/特质)强调外在可归因的特性,常暗含"归属于"的意味
- 例:Kindness is an attribute we often attribute to teachers.
(善良是我们常归因于教师的特质)
- 翻译技巧:中文处理时可用"归因于""视为...的特征"等表达
- characteristic(特征/特点)强调内在固有且典型的区分性标记
- 例:The striped pattern is a characteristic ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
An option or setting belonging to some object.
A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
in a Nutshell (page 536)
A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
A distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
The integer part of a logarithm.
The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).
For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.
To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).
That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.
Reputation.
A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized.
The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
An option or setting belonging to some object.
A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
in a Nutshell (page 536)
A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
A distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
The integer part of a logarithm.
The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).
For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.
To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).
That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.
Reputation.
A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized.
The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.