赞同蒋老师的解答。你提供的句子最好用due to,owing to可以和due to换用,但在句中多作状语,国内有的词典认为可作表语。例如:
The accident was owing to careless driving.那次意外事故起因于驾驶疏忽。《21世纪英汉汉英双向词典》
▲《牛津英语用法指南》指出:
due to还可以用在动词be的后面。owing to通常不能这样用。
His success was due to his mother.他的成功归功于他的母亲。
(不能说:…was owing to his mother.)
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◆网友的句子和曾老师的句子,都是正确的。但是,owing to... 表面上似乎作表语,其实仍然是状语作用。这两句中的 be 表示“发生”,相当于has taken place,happened。这是be 的特殊用法之一。它的主语必须是“事件”名词,不能是“人”。看翻译:
His success is owing to his hard work. 他成功的取得是由于他的努力工作。
The accident was owing to careless driving. 那次意外事故的发生起因于驾驶疏忽。
实际是说:
His success has taken place owing to his hard work. 他成功的取得是由于他的努力工作。
The accident happened owing to careless driving. 那次意外事故的发生起因于驾驶疏忽。
还有一个介词词组 at the age of...,跟 owing to...是一个类型,我也一并讲讲,以加强理解和记忆。它们只能作状语,不能作表语或定语。例如不能说:
He is a student at the age of fifteen. (误)
The student is at the age of fifteen. (误)
可以说:He went to school at the age of fifteen.(正)
◆owing to... 和 at the age of ... 可以作表语,其前提是主语不能指“人”,而只能指“事件”,说明该事件发生在什么原因下,或发生在某人多大年龄时,仍然体现它们的状语用法。又如:
The singer's first public appearance was at the age of eight. (OALD)
Eye doctors recommend that a child’s first eye exam was at the age of six months old.
◆这个问题要想从根本上解决,就要从动词 be 的特殊用法说起:
动词be 有一个特殊用法,视为不及物动词,表示“发生”。其主语往往是表示“事件”的名词,如:meeting, talk, lecture, report, discussion, match, game, party, concert, play, accident, eruption, event, success, failure 等。
新课标人教版课本有一个句子,便是例证:I’ll never forget my first sight of an eruption. It was in the second week after I arrived in Hawaii. 第二句的主语It指代前文的eruption。既如此,was表示“发生”的意思,相当于happened或broke out
因此,译为汉语应该是:我永远忘不了我第一次看见火山喷发时的情景,那(指“火山爆发”)是发生在我抵达夏威夷的第二个星期之后。又如:
Her birthday party was the night before last. 她的生日派对是在前天晚上举办的。(was等于was held)
Our school sports meet will be next week. 我们学校的运动会将在下周举行。(be等于take place)
It was reported that the accident was on Tuesday and five people were killed. 据报道事故发生在星期二,有五人丧生。(was等于happened)
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