說法話茬第471期:人們通常認爲這齣戲劇史莎士比亞所寫

【語義表述】人們認爲這出戲劇爲莎士比亞所寫。

【錯誤表述】People attribute the Shakespeare to this play.

【講解剖析】用attribute來表示“認爲......所爲”，“認爲......所說”，“認爲......所寫”，其語法搭配模式爲：attribute something to somebody。To attribute something to somebody means “to say or believe that somebody is responsible for doing something, especially for saying, writing or painting something”。Attribute後面跟“物”，to後面跟“人”。請看下面的這個例子：

They refused to attribute any blame to anyone without further information.

沒有進一步的情況，他們拒絕歸罪於任何人。

People attribute the Shakespeare to this play. 這裏attribute後面跟的是人，介詞to後面跟的是物。很簡單，把它們調換一下位置即可。

【正確表述】People attribute this play to Shakespeare.