| 释义 |
owing/ˈəʊiŋ/predic. adj. 1 owed; yet to be paid 亏欠的；未付的 the balance owing 亏欠的差额 2 (foll. by 常后跟 to)a caused by; attributable to 由…导致的；可归于…的 the cancellation was owing to ill health 因身体不佳而取消 b (as 作 prep.) because of 由于 trains are delayed owing to bad weather 由于天气恶劣，火车晚点了■ Usage 用法说明 The use of owing to as a preposition meaning ‘because of’ is entirely acceptable (see example above), unlike this use of due to. owing to 作介词意为“ because of (由于)”这种用法是完全可以接受的(见上例)，但 due to 能否这么用就有争议了。 |