作者upyours (veni, vidi, vici)
看板Eng-Class
标题Re: [文法] since
时间Sun Mar 27 20:49:50 2011
※ 引述《GooLoo (平凡)》之铭言:
: Please excuse me since I cannot attend.
: 请问这边的since用because可以吗?
: 都是因为, 什麽时候可以用since呢?
底下都是因为,请自行参考
because (conjuction)
:used when giving the reason for something.
用来给个理由
The street was jammed because of the protest.
since / as (conjuction)
:used when giving reason why someone decides to do something
or decides that something is true.
用来给个理由:当某人决定要做什麽,或某事为真
I decided to go to school since it was sunny day.
I think Mary didnot go home last night as her dress was the same y.day
out of (preposition)
:because of a particular feeling or quality.
用来给个理由:出於某种特别感觉或者特质
He smokes the weed out of curiosity.
thanks to (preposition)
:used when explaining that something good happened because of
someone's efforts or because something exists.
用来给个理由:当有好事发生是因为某人的努力或某事物存在
Thanks to Penicillin, Tuberculosis can be cured now.
due to / owing to (preposition)
:used to give the reason why something has happened.
due to / owing to are much more formal than because.
用来给个理由:为何某事会发生
这两介词比because正式的多
This is your captain speaking,
due to mechanical failure, please prepare for crash landing.
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※ 编辑: upyours 来自: 111.248.168.249 (03/27 21:05)
1F:推 kerorolover:推 03/27 21:12
2F:→ upyours:since 美国人爱用,owing to 英国人爱用 03/27 21:18