virtue 本身有美德的意思,所以A by virtue of B,常常表明 A的結(jié)果的出現(xiàn)“多虧是”有B.比如The winner will become premier by virtue of the party's majority in parliament's lower house 多虧 黨員在下議院中占大多數(shù),獲勝的人將擔(dān)任總理.
on account of 表示“考慮到”,“因?yàn)椤钡?沒有明顯的情感傾向.比如 On account of your health,you must endeavour to shift off the care of your children.考慮到你的健康狀況,你必須放下照看孩子的重任.