attribute……to把……归因于；认为是…所为（或说、写、作）
attribute/əˈtrɪbjuːt , ˈætrɪbjuːt/
n.属性;特征;性质;定语
vt.把…归因于;认为…是由于;认为是…所为(或说、写、作)
1. 把……归因于
普通用语, 指客观地将某事（无论是好的还是坏方面）归因于或归功于某人或某事。
He attributes his success to good luck.
他把成功归因于运气好。
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。
Many people’s success can be hard work and a bit of luck.
很多人的成功都可以归因于勤奋加上一点儿运气。
They attributed the success of their invention to Engineer Huang.
他们把发明的成功归于黄工程师。
Don't attribute all your mistakes to objective causes.
不要把你的错误都归咎于客观原因。
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。
She attributed her flawless complexion to the moisturiser she used.
她将自己无瑕的肌肤归功于所使用的保湿霜。
Extrapolating from his American findings, he reckons about 80% of these deaths might be attributed to smoking.
根据他在美国的调查结果推断，他估计这些人中约有80%可能死于吸烟。
More than 80% of those cases can be attributed to contact with contaminated water and a lack of proper sanitation.
而其中超过80%的事例可以归结于接触污染水和缺乏卫生条件。
六级真题- 2016年 6月
Although many have tried., it does Seem improbable that the painting's unique status can be attributed entirely to the quality of its brushstrokes.
尽管许多人已经尝试过,但这幅画的独特地位似乎不太可能完全归因于其笔触的质量。
六级真题- 2015年 6月
The teacher attributes the student’s poor comprehension to the lack of intelligence.
这位老师把学生理解能力差归因于缺乏智力。
He attributes his great age to carefully planned diet and good living environment.
他把他的高寿归因于精心安排的饮食和良好的生活环境。
We attribute Edison’s success to his intelligence and hard work.
我们把爱迪生的成就归功于他他的聪明才智和辛勤劳动。
The reports have attributed the results to heavy work pressure and the habits of using smart phones before bedtime.
报告将结果归结为繁重的工作压力和睡前使用智能手机的习惯。
It is generally agreed that fluctuations in birth rate are attributed to a number of economic factors.
人们普遍认为出生率的波动归结于诸多经济因素。
France's bad luck at the World Cup should partly be attributed to the disharmony inside the team.
法国队在世界杯的失利部分要归咎于球队内部的不合。
The sales decline can be attributed to customer dissatisfaction with our products’ prices and quality.
销售量的下降可归咎于顾客对我们产品的价格和质量的不满。
2. 认为是…所为(或说、写、作)
This play is usually attributed to Shakespeare.
人们通常认为这出戏剧是莎士比亚所写。
People were beginning to attribute superhuman qualities to him.
人们开始觉得他超人一等。
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。
其他的表达：把……归因于
ascribe …… to ……
be ascribed to ……
指凭猜想推断，强调主观臆断，所作的推断没有 attribute 确定。
例句：
An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome.
尸检最终将婴儿的死亡归因于婴儿猝死综合症。
Police and the villagers all unanimously ascribed the forest fire to thunder and lightning.
警方和村民一致把森林失火归因于雷电。
You should not ascribe your failure to bad luck.
你不应该把自己的失败归因于运气不好。
In contrast, American mothers are more likely to ascribe to the children's success to the gift.
相比较，美国的母亲们更可能把孩子的成功归因于天赋。
Commonly, this is ascribed to the geographical conditions under which they lived.
一般说来，这种情形被认为是其所处的地理环境所致。
All of the discrepancies are ascribed to the different aesthetic essence.
追本溯源，这些差异都要归因于中西不同的美学本质。
The high char yields of these polymers can be ascribed to their high aroma content.
这些聚合物的高炭产量可以归因于他们的高芳烃含量。
owe/ credit …… to ……
这个短语用于褒义,“把……归功于”。只用主动形式，不用被动形式。句子主语多为“人”，
指某人将某事归因（功）于某人或某物。
例句：
If I have improved in any way, I owe it all to you.
如果我在某一方面有所进步，那应归功于你。
He owes his election to having tapped deep public disillusion with professional politicians.
他将自己的当选归因于充分利用了公众对于职业政治家们不再抱希望的心情。
They had to credit much of our success to simple good luck.
我们只是把他们的成功简单归功于的运气好。
He owes/credits his great success in his research work to the guidance of his tutor.
他把他在研究工作的巨大成功归功于他的导师的指导。
We owe the spectacular tidal bore at the mouthy of Qiantang River to the special funnel-shaped estuary of the Gulf of Hangzhou.
我们把钱塘江潮壮观的成因归结于是由于钱塘江喇叭形的入海口造成的。
All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
无论我现在怎么样，还是希望以后会怎么样，都应当归功于我天使一般的母亲。我记得母亲的那些祈祷，它们一直伴随着我，而且已经陪伴了我一生。
● 偶尔句子主语也可是“物”。
Some of the most important concepts in physics owe their success to these mathematical systems.
物理学中的一些最重要的概念的成功要归功于数学系统。
put …… down to …..
be put ……down to ……
也可表示“把 ……归因于”、“把 ……归咎于”，多用于口语。
例句：
I put the children's bad behavior down to the fact that they were tired.
我认为孩子们表现不好是因为他们累了。
You may be a sceptic and put it down to life's inequalities.
你或许是个怀疑论者，会把它归因于生活的不公正。
I'd always put his lack of confidence down to his strange upbringing.
我总是把他缺乏自信归因于他的不同寻常的教养。
When the interviewer questioned him about his apparent good health, he put it all down to laughing and having fun.
当记者问他关于他良好的健康状况时，他把这一切都归因于他爱笑和日子过得开心。
I believe that this failure should be put down to his peculiar personality and foibles?
我认为这次失败应归因于他那特殊的个性与性格弱点。
The influx can be put down to the rising number of parrots being imported into the UK.
大量的鹦鹉涌入保护区是因为从国外进口到英国的鹦鹉不断增多。