owing to

prep.

1. 因为；由于
   because of
   1. The game was cancelled owing to torrential rain.
      比赛因大雨取消了。

1. He was out of work owing to a physical injury
   他因为受伤而失业了。
2. Owing to staff shortages, there was no restaurant car on the train.
   由于缺人手，这趟火车上没有餐车。
3. Owing to a typographical error, the town of Longridge was spelt as Longbridge.
   由于一个排印错误，朗里奇镇的名称Longridge被拼为了Longbridge。
4. Some impatience was exhibited owing to the non-arrival of the speaker.
   由于讲演人未到，听众显得有些不耐烦。
5. Owing to the reason known to all the relations between the two people were suspended for over twenty years.
   由于众所周知的原因，两国人民间的关系中断了20多年。
6. Owing to graft, the manager of this company was discharged from his post and prosecuted.
   由于贪污，这个公司的经理已被撤职查办。
7. Owing to the help from his comrades, he has made rapid progress.
   由于同志们的帮助，他进步很快。
8. The progress of negotiation between the two sides has slowed down owing to their absence.
   双方的谈判因为他们的缺席而迟缓下来。
9. In the old society, owing to cruel exploitation and succesive years of tangled warfare among warloads, the labouring people led a vagrant life.
   在旧社会，残酷的剥削和连年不断的军阀混战，使劳动人民过着颠沛流离的生活。
10. Owing to the very nature of banking, it cannot be treated in exactly the same way as a manufacturing firm.
    由于银行本身的性质，我们不可能象对待制造商那样以同样的方式对待它。
11. Owing to the war, the rent was on the fall.
    由于战争房租在不断下跌。
12. Owing to lack of work experience, we wasted much time and energy.
    由于缺少经验，我们的工作走了（一段）弯路。
13. But owing to the Beiyang government's historical limitations, its legislative activities had been restricted by the various political force tensions and its historical roles had been reduced.
    但由于北洋政府经济立法的历史局限性，它的经济立法活动受到了各种政治力量的张力制约，从而使其经济立法的历史推动作用大打了折扣。
14. Some works are immature owing to undue haste.
    有些作品不成熟，是因为急于求成。
15. They have a yellowish color owing to the accumulation of elastin in the media.
    因中膜中含有很多弹性纤维所以呈黄色。
16. The invention of all those machines by which labour is so much facilitated and abridged, seems to have been originally owing to the division of labor.
    简化劳动和节省劳动的那些机械的发明，看来也是起因于分工。
17. Owing to the road construction, the bus will be on diversion this month.
    因为道路施工，这路公共汽车本月将改线行驶。
18. Owing to a constant shortage of raw materials, our factory has been running under capacity.
    由于原料缺乏，我们厂长期处于吃不饱状态。
19. Owing to the rain the match was canceled.
    因为下雨，比赛取消了。
20. Owing to his illness, peter couldn't keep up with the rest of the class and get badly behind.
    由于生病，彼得没法跟上班级的其他同学，他落后一大截了。
21. Owing to a heavy fall of rain, all our plans fell through.
    由于下了一场大雨，我们的所有计划都泡汤了。
22. Owing to the bad weather, we didn't go to the park.
    由于天气不好，我们没有去公园。
23. Complementation between viruses may occur, owing to the interaction between their gene products.
    病毒与病毒之间由于它们的基因产物相互作用的结果能发生互补。
24. His income was diminished by one-fourth owing to this decision.
    由于他的这一决定，使他的收入减少了四分之三。
25. It is owing to your help that we have succeeded.
    我们成功多亏了你的鼎立相助。
26. The future development will encounter some strong restrictions, owing to the irreproducible and limited characteristics of land resource.
    土地资源的不可再生性和有限性对交通运输的发展具有很强的约束性。
27. Her recovery is owing to the environment.
    她恢复了健康是由于所处的环境好。
28. He is ill owing to excessive work.
    他由于过度工作而病了。
29. We were late, owing to the heavy traffic.
    因为交通拥挤，我们迟到了。
30. The plane be late owing to fog.
    由于有雾飞机晚点了。

  due to because of owing to【导航词义：由于】

  due to prep. 由于，因为

〔辨析〕较正式用语，常用于官方通告和公开声明中，直接作表语。

  because of prep. 因为

〔辨析〕常后接人或事物，强调其为某事物发生的原因，在英语口语中更为常用。

  owing to prep. 〈正式〉因为，由于

〔辨析〕其后多接某事物，常可与 due to 换用。