because of ...

phr

• ① 因为;由于(=owing to)
  • 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。