【语义表述】她的成功归咎于她的努力。
【错误表述】Her success attributes to her hard work.
【讲解剖析】我们先来熟悉下面这个动词的意思和语法用法:attribute。用它来表示“把......归因于......”“认为......是由于......”这个意思时,其固定语法搭配模式为:attribute something to something。“To attribute something to something” means “to say or believe that something is the result of a particular thing”. 第一个something是指“原因”,第二个something是指“结果”。请看下面的例句:
e.g. She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck.
她认为她的成功来自于勤劳和一点运气。
e.g. Women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as luck.
女性往往把她们的成功归因于外因,如运气。
回看开篇的说法:Her success attributes to his hard work. 我们要表达的意思是她的成功归咎于她的努力。“她的努力”是原因,“她的成功”是结果。那么,这时候就要用被动语态了。
简而言之,表示“某事归咎于......”,就使用这个句型:something is attributed to...。如果表示某人把某事归因于......的意思,就使用这个句型:Sb. attributes something to something.
【正确表述】Her hard work is attributed to her success.
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