词汇精选：because of的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

phr.

因为，由于

例句：

The village was evacuated because of flood.

由于洪水这个村子已经撤空。

例句：

The plan ravelled because of the accident.

事故打乱了计划。

二、词义辨析：

due to,owing to,because of,thanks to

这些词组均表示“由于”之意。due to用于较庄重的书面语中，侧重“起因于”，在句中多作表语，有时作状语。owing to可以和due to换用，但在句中多作状语，也可作表语。because of着重某种原因的理由，在句中通常作状语。thanks to突出一种感激之情，含“多亏”意味。

三、参考例句：

Largely, this is because of his personality.

主要地，这是由于他的个性。

The village was evacuated because of flood.

由于洪水这个村子已经撤空。

I resigned because of the low salary.

因为工资太低，我辞职了。

I came back because of the rain.

因为下雨，所以我回来了。

His health collapsed because of overwork.

他的身体因工作过度而垮掉了。

He has dotage because of old age.

他因年老而糊里糊涂。

John resented Steven because of his success.

约翰因斯蒂文的成功而恨他。

It is mainly because of my fault.

这主要是由于我的过错。

Her opinion counts because of her experience.

因为她有经验，所以她的意见很重要。

He is sick because of surfeit

他由于饮食过量而生病。