because of
preposition /bɪˈkɒz əv/, /bɪˈkʌz əv/
/bɪˈkɔːz əv/, /bɪˈkʌz əv/
- used before a noun or noun phrase to say that somebody/something is the reason for something
因为：在名词或名词短语之前用来表示某人/某物是某物的原因 - They are here because of us.
他们是因为我们来这里的。 - He walked slowly because of his bad leg.
他因为腿不方便而行走缓慢。 - Because of his wife(’s) being there, I said nothing about it.
他的妻子在场，我便没提及这事。
Language Bank because ofbecause ofExplaining reasonsTopics Change, cause and effecta1解释原因 - The number of people with diabetes is growing, partly because of an increase in levels of obesity.
患糖尿病的人数不断上升，部分原因是肥胖人数增加。
- The number of people with diabetes is growing, partly because of an increase in levels of obesity.
- The number of overweight children has increased dramatically in recent years, largely as a result of changes in diet and lifestyle.
近年来肥胖儿童的数量急剧上升，很大程度上是由饮食和生活方式的改变引起的。
- The number of overweight children has increased dramatically in recent years, largely as a result of changes in diet and lifestyle.
- The increase in childhood obesity is largely due to/the result of changes in lifestyle and diet over the last twenty years.
肥胖儿童人数的增多主要是过去二十年来饮食和生活方式的改变所致。
- The increase in childhood obesity is largely due to/the result of changes in lifestyle and diet over the last twenty years.
- Many obese children are bullied at school on account of their weight.
许多肥胖儿童因为其体重问题在学校受到欺负。
- Many obese children are bullied at school on account of their weight.
- Part of the problem with treating childhood obesity stems from the fact that parents do not always recognize that their children are obese.
治疗肥胖儿童的困难部分源自父母有时并不认为自己的孩子肥胖。
- Part of the problem with treating childhood obesity stems from the fact that parents do not always recognize that their children are obese.
- Childhood obesity may be caused by genetic factors, as well as environmental ones.
儿童肥胖既可能由环境因素引起，也可能是遗传因素所致。
- Childhood obesity may be caused by genetic factors, as well as environmental ones.
- They are here because of us.