巧妙口诀记住attribute和owe的用法区别

今天只讨论这个两个词作为动词的用法。

1. attribute……to 把…归因于;认为…是由于;归功于;起源于

此时,作为“把…归因于;认为…是由于”来解,在主动语态中,其主语只能是人。可以用于主动语态或被动语态。

She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck.

她认为她的成功来自勤劳和一点运气。

Women tend to attribute their success to external causes such as luck.

女性倾向于将她们的成功归因于外部因素,比如运气。

He attributed the party's lack of success to an overemphasis on ideology and ideas.

他将该党的失败归因于过分强调意识形态和理念。

He attributes his success to good luck.

他把成功归因于运气好。

但用于被动语态时,主语可以根据需要是人或物都可以:

The prison riot was attributed to the unnecessary roughness of the guards.

监狱骚乱归因于狱警不必要的粗暴。(托福试题)

This play is usually attributed to Shakespeare.

人们通常认为这出戏剧是莎士比亚所写。

巧妙口诀记住attribute和owe的用法区别

This, and the remaining frescoes, are not attributed to Giotto.

这个,还有那些残存的湿壁画,都不是乔托的作品。

2.owe……to把…归因于;认为…是由于;归功于;起源于

其主语可以是人,也可以是物,且只用于主动语态。

He owes his success to hard work.

他的成功是靠勤奋工作。

The play owes much to French tragedy.

这部戏颇受法国悲剧的影响。

巧妙口诀记住attribute和owe的用法区别

I owe everything to him.

我的一切都归功于他。

Champagne houses owe their success to brand image.

香槟公司的成功在于他们的品牌形象。

因为attribute第一个字母是a, 在主动语态中,其主语只能是人,可以联想为口诀:只有主动爱人,世界才会变得美好。

巧妙口诀记住attribute和owe的用法区别