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问题: 关于2个英语词组

due to与owe to

用法与做题的应用

解答:

两者均可表示“由于”、“因为”,按照传统语法:due to 主要引导表语, owing to 主要引导状语。如:

His illness is due to bad food. 他生病是由于吃了不好的食物。

The accident was due to careless driving. 这次车祸起因于驾驶疏忽。

Owing to the rain, the match was cancelled. 比赛因雨被取消了。

但是在现代英语中,due to 也可用来引导状语,而 owing to 也可以用来引导表语。如:

由于交通拥挤他迟到了。

正:He was late due to [owing to] the very heavy traffic.

正:Due to [Owing to] the very heavy traffic, he was late.