because of, due to和owing to 的用法類似,都在后面加一名詞,表示因?yàn)?由于
首先,because of
例如：His business went under because of competition from the large corporations.
由于大公司的競(jìng)爭(zhēng),他的生意陷入了困境
Because of the snow, the pilot had to land the plane at an airport in another city.
由于大雪,飛行員只得把飛機(jī)降落到另一座城市的一個(gè)飛機(jī)場(chǎng).
然后是 due to
例如：This variation is not all due to censorship.
這種變異并非僅僅是由于審查.
To some extent, this is due to the nature of the world around it.
從某種程度上來說,這是由于世界的周圍局勢(shì)所決定的.
再次是owing to
如：Owing to the small size of this breed, they can be conveniently kept in small homes.
由于體型小巧,它們可以很方便的在面積不大的屋子里竄來竄去.
——在原因狀語從句中,它們?nèi)齻€(gè)可以互相替換,沒有明顯的區(qū)別.
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原因狀語從句的其他內(nèi)容,可以參考http://baike.baidu.com/view/1453614.htm