attribute to和refer to都有归因于的意思 ,下面这个选 什么呢

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attribute to和refer to都有归因于的意思 ,下面这个选 什么呢
Much of our success in the last six months can be( ) to the fact that all our major construction projects remained on schedule.
()里面是选attribute to还是refer to呢?
答案是attributed to,但是为什么不能是referred to呢

attributed to
refer to 一般都作提及、提到、说起;提交等意思,没有归因于的意思.本题根据题意,要用attributed to