attribute to/ owe to 用法

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attribute to/owe to/due to
attribute to意为“归因于,认为是……的结果”;owe to意为“……应归功于……”;due to意为“由于,因……造成,归功于”,常用作表语或状语。
例:Mr. Dolittle attributes his good health to careful living.
杜德先生把自己的健康体魄归功于审慎的生活方式。
If I have
improved in any way, I owe it all to you.
如果我有所进步的话,那应该归功于你。
His absence was due to the storm.
由于风暴他未能出席。
He failed due to carelessness.
他的粗心导致了他的失败。
owe... to...与attribute... to...有一个很重要的区别就是:
owe... to...的主语既可以是人,也可以是物;
而attribute... to...的主语则只能是人。另外, owe... to...只用于主动句,大都与褒义词连用。
例如:
He owes his success to his father. 他把他的成功归功于他的父亲。
Jim attributes his success to hard work. 吉姆把他的成功归功于努力工作。
Economists attributed the slow progress in economy to poor
cooperation. 经济学家把经济增长缓慢归咎于合作不好。