the attribution of something to a cause 归因 an ascription of effect to cause. 将结果归结为某原因。 ■the attribution of a text, quotation, or work of art to a particular person or period (文章、引文或艺术作品)被认为是某人(或在某一时期)所作 her ascription of the text to Boccaccio. 她认为这一文本出自薄加丘之手。 [mass noun]questions of authorial ascription. 关于作者是谁的问题。 ■[mass noun]the action of regarding a quality as belonging to someone or something (认为某种品质)归属于(某人,某事物) the ascription of special personal qualities to political leaders. 把特殊品质看成是政治领导人所特有的。 ■a preacher's words ascribing praise to God at the end of a sermon 传教士布道快结束时赞美上帝的话
语源
late 16th cent.: from Latin ascriptio(n-), from the verb ascribere (see ascribe)