If something is attributable to an event, situation, or person, it is likely that it was caused by that event, situation or person.
例句
10,000 deaths a year from chronic lung disease are attributable to smoking...吸煙導致每年有1萬人死于慢性肺病。The mess was directly attributable to a corrupt and incompetent official.某個腐敗無能的官員是導致這一爛攤子的罪魁禍首。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. capable of being attributed;
"the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale""an idea attributable to a Russian"