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owing to

/oh-ing/US // ˈoʊ ɪŋ //UK // (ˈəʊɪŋ) //

由于,因为,原因是,因

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : owed, unpaid, or due for payment: to pay what is owing.

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Examples

  • Owing to its popularity as a pet, it has spread across the Pacific to China.

  • But owing to another experimental vaccine he received, its impossible to say whether the blood is what saved him.

  • By 1729 one of them was already complaining that “Rome is much changed to the worse … entirely owing to the British.”

  • Bloody as it is, Penny Dreadful is also rather beautiful, owing to some spectacular set design and spot-on horror imagery.

  • It would be too crazy—suicidal really, especially since, besides owing his job to Reilly, he also owes Reilly $20,000 dollars.

  • In these enlightened days no man is imprisoned for owing money, but only because he does not pay it when told to do so.

  • The strength of the lion is tremendous, owing to the immense mass of muscle around its jaws, shoulders, and forearms.

  • This whole region is for the most part very cold, owing to various causes.

  • Owing to its inertia, no heavy bellows weight can be set into motion rapidly.

  • It was to a great extent owing to the conduct of the Duke of Elchingen that Massna was at last compelled to retreat.