【語義表述】人們認為這出戲劇為莎士比亞所寫。

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

【講解剖析】用attribute來表示“認為......所為”，“認為......所說”，“認為......所寫”，其語法搭配模式為：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”。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，他們拒絕歸罪于任何人。

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

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