【语义表述】人们认为这出戏剧为莎士比亚所写。

【错误表述】People attribute the Shakespeare to this play.

【讲解剖析】用attribute来表示“认为......所为”，“认为......所说”，“认为......所写”，其语法搭配模式为：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后面跟“物”，to后面跟“人”。请看下面的这个例子：

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

没有进一步的情况，他们拒绝归罪于任何人。

People attribute the Shakespeare to this play. 这里attribute后面跟的是人，介词to后面跟的是物。很简单，把它们调换一下位置即可。

【正确表述】People attribute this play to Shakespeare.