【同义词辨析】 属性quality-attribute
quality: is a general term applicable to any trait or characteristic whether material or immaterial, individual or generic: a star whose acting had a persistently amateurish ~. 此条quality泛指任何trait或characteristic属性或特性,请死记,其中trait是基础词,表示属性,characteristic也是基础词,表特性(特性指可用于区分某一事物),例句很多,如本例 (characteristic表示特征时必须单数) generic共性的,即某一种类型共有的
property: implies a characteristic that belongs to a thing's essential nature and may be used to describe a type or species: asked them to name the basic ~ies of mammals. (species物种,单复数相同)
character: applies to a peculiar and distinctive quality of an individual or a class: each of the island's villages has a distinctive ~. (peculiar也是独特distinctive: implies marked distinctiveness)
attribute: implies a quality ascribed to a thing or a being: a man with none of the traditional ~s of a popular hero. ascribe to表示认为具有(某性质特征),如we ascribe great importance to these policies我们认为这些政策十分重要
quality性质或特征: 泛指性质或特征,property属性: 本质特征,用于类型种类,character特色: 强调独特,attribute属性: 人们认为具有的特征
记忆方法: 1) 首字母重新组合成AP QC,AP想成美联社Associated Press,QC是Quality Control质量控制,想成其新闻报道的特征<==属性
2) 属性的意思是可以理解识别的特征mean an intelligible feature by which a thing may be identified or understood.首字母重新组合成AP QC,AP想成美联社Associated Press,QC是Quality Control质量控制,想成其新闻报道的特征<==属性 (feature特征也是基础词,表示有趣或重要的特征,因此本组有3个基础词: trait,characteristic和feature)