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conj- ①[why的相对语;口语写作'cause或cause]因为
- "Why were you absent?" "Because I was ill."「你为什么缺席?」「因为生病。」
- I can't go, because I'm too busy.我不能去,因为我太忙。
- He succeeded because he was lucky.=Because he was lucky, he succeeded.因为他幸运,所以他成功了。
- The reason (why) I can't go is because I'm too busy.我不能去的理由是因为我太忙。
- ②[在否定句中... not ... because]不因…而…
- You should not look down on him simply because he is poor.你不该只因他穷而轻视他。
- She didn't accept it because she didn't like it.她没有接受它,因为她讨厌它。
用法(1)because所引接的子句通常出现在主要子句之后;偶尔前面可用表示程度的副词,如partly, chiefly, only, merely, simply, just: He gave up the plan chiefly because it was not supported by the government. 他放弃该计划,主要因为(它)未获得政府的支持。 (2)The reason (why) ... is后接because的句型在理论上因有重复之嫌而常受非难,实际上却常出现于 【口】 的用法。 (3)在「不因…而…」的用法中, because之前不可用逗点。 短语- all the more because ...
- because of ...
- He retired because of illness.他因病退休(★可改写为 He retired because he was ill.)。
- He is here because of her.他由于她而在这里。
- He was absent not because of illness, but because his father died.他缺席不是因为生病,而是因为他父亲死了。
- It was because of her that he had gone abroad.那是为了她,他才出国。
- Because of her husband being there, I said nothing about her rendezvous with her old flame.因为她丈夫在那里,我没有提到她跟她的旧情人幽会的事。
- just because ...
- Just because you're better than me doesn't mean I'm lazy.只因为你比我强,并不一定就是我懒惰(★此种句型常见于口语中, just because 后的子句作为全句中的主词)。
- none the less because ...
- I like him none the less because he is too kindhearted.尽管他太仁慈,我仍然喜欢他。
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