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本帖最后由 雲吞 于 2009-12-31 08:56 编辑
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% E+ X; u8 {3 ^6 q L上大学时老师说,如果due to用于引出原因,通常是不好的事情。好的事情一般用thank to。我当时深以为然。
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" b: [0 j+ a# D9 t9 b后来到了埃德蒙顿,发现很多场合,好的事情也用due to。比如,The success of our project was due to everyone's hard work.
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3 A, u* H1 y3 n7 a D$ ?但是有一件事情老师当时没讲。举个例子,比如泰坦尼克号。, P8 H- N, Y' g4 A; I: B5 k
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A. More than 1,500 lives were lost due to lack of lifeboats.
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due to 的用法,A就是错的,B就是对的。因为在B里,due to用来修饰loss,而在A里due to没有名词可以修饰。虽然大家都明白A说的意思,而且时常也能听到本地人这么说,但他还是错的。
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要是我的理解有误,请大家指正呢 |
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