下拉查看目录

Because, Because of, Due to, Owing to, Thanks to 和 For 表示原因用法比较 | 新编英语阅读手册

Because, Because of, Due to, Owing to, Thanks to 和 For 表示原因用法比较

Because, Because of, Due to, Owing to, Thanks to 和 For 表示原因用法比较

一、连词 because 作“因为”、“由于”讲,一般连接原因状语从句,偶尔引出表语从句

  1. He didn't go to school, because he was ill. 他因为有病没去上学。(原因状语从句,从句前可不打逗号)
  2. a. This is because she studies hard. 这是由于她学习努力。(表语从句)
    b. The reason why we were late was that the school bus broke down. 我们迟到的原因是校车抛锚了。(that 不能用 because 代替,否则 reason 和 because 在含义上有点重复。)

有时主句为否定句,却否定原因状语从句。注意上下文和读时有无停顿。例如:

  1. A mountain is not valuable because it is high, but because it has trees. 山并不因为高而有价值,而是因为它有树林才有价值。

有时上述句型有两种解释,要靠上下文和中间有无停顿来决定. 例如:

  1. He did not go because he was afraid.
    (a) 他因为害怕才没有去。(读时 because 前稍有停顿。)
    (b) 他并不因为害怕才去的。(读时中间无停顿。)
  2. It is because computer science is very useful that we study it hard. 正因为计算机科学很有用,我们才努力学习。(强调原因从句。)

二、because of 作“由于”讲,但后面只能接宾语

  1. The traffic was held up because of the accident. 由于出事故交通受到阻塞。
  2. I went back to the factory not because of the rain, but because I had a lot of work to do. 我不是由于下雨才回到工厂去,而是因为我有许多工作要做。

注:because of… 一般不能作表语用,应改用 due to… 或 owing to…(注意后者有时作“(这钱)是欠…的”讲)。due to… 或 owing to… 均可作原因状语,而原因状语 thanks to… 作“多亏…”讲,通常用于好的方面。

三、用 because 和 for 连接句子时的句义差别

  1. The ground is wet because it rained last night. 因为昨天下了雨,所以地很湿。(原因状语从句)
  2. Surely it rained last night, for the ground is wet. 准是昨天下了雨,因为现在地很湿。(这里连词 for 并不引出原因从句,因为地湿不是下雨的真正原因。because 连接原因从句,原因意味强,而 for 连接一个并列分句,只是对前面分句说明而已。)

四、介词 for 表示原因常取决于搭配的动词、形容词等的要求,为此必须注意上下文

thank sb. for his help 感谢某人帮助;
praise sb. for sth. 由于某事表扬某人;
feel great regret for sth. 由于某事深感遗憾;
punish sb. for sth. 由于某事惩罚某人;
be famous (或 well-known 等) for …以…著称(或出名);
a ticket for speeding 一张超速罚款单等


评论