He could not come on account of his illness．他因病不能前來。

We delayed our departure on account of the bad weather. 由于天氣不好，我們將起程時間推遲了。

That was on account of lack of exercise．那是由于缺乏鍛煉。

注意：

on my/your account  為了你/我的緣故

on this/that account  由于這個/那個緣故

On this account, we should be cautious. 因?yàn)檫@個緣故我們應(yīng)該謹(jǐn)慎。

He is angry on that account. 由于那個緣故他生氣了。

She left her hometown on his account. 她是為了他才離開家鄉(xiāng)的。

■owing to

owing to 與because of一樣引出介詞短語，也強(qiáng)調(diào)因果關(guān)系，在句中作狀語, 作狀語時, 習(xí)慣上用逗號和句子其他部分分開。

注意：作狀語時修飾整個句子，可在句首或句末，用逗號隔開。owing to 除作狀語外，也可作表語，但because of 不作表語。

They decided to cancel the flight，owing to the storm．由于這場暴風(fēng)雨，他們決定取消這個航班。（作狀語）

Owing to his careless driving, we had a bad accident. 由于他駕駛疏忽，我們發(fā)生了次嚴(yán)重車禍。（作狀語）

His death was owing to an accident．他死于一場事故。（作表語）

注意：owe vt. 欠(債等); 把……歸功于(to); 感激; 感恩。

I owe him ten dollars. 我欠他10美元。

He owes his success to his hard work. 他認(rèn)為自己取得成功是辛勤勞動的結(jié)果。

I owe you for your help. 我感謝你的幫助。

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