ascription

ascription
noun
  1. 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
  1. late 16th cent.: from Latin ascriptio(n-), from the verb ascribere (see ascribe)
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