英语词汇辨析 due to and owing to

题目

英语词汇辨析 due to and owing to
During an earthquake,the great part of damage and loss of life has been ( )collapse of buildings and the effect of rockslides,floods,disease,and other phenomena resulting from earthquakes,rather than from the quakes themselves
这里应该填什么
due to 还是owing to
to 为什么owing to 不可以

答案

这一对词组都表示“因为”、“由于”之意,但用法和使用场合有所不同.在标准英语里,due to只能用以引导形容词短语,不可引导副词短语.例如：Our delay was due to heavy traffic．Mistakes due to carelessness may ha...