。 due to 只能做表语, 不能用于句首,是正式用语; owing to 也可以作表语,但可以和 because of一样, 用于句首作状语. The delay was due to /owing to power failure. Owing to the weather, the outing was delayed. due to“由于，因…造成”，引导的短语在句中除可作状语（此时不用于句首）外，也可作表语或定语。有些讲英语的人仅将 due to 用于动词be之后作表语，但目前普遍认为可将due to看作是owing to的同义词。 -可编辑修改- 。 Eg. Your failure is due to negligence.你的失败是由于疏忽所造成的。 A part of the energy is wasted in machines due to friction. 一部分能量由于摩擦而消耗在机器内。 That Shelley became a poet may have been due to his mother’s influence.雪莱成为诗人可能是由于受母亲的影响。 Accidents due to driving at high speed were very common that weekend.在那个周末因高速驾驶造成的交通事故很多。 -可编辑修改- 。 Joe’s application to the University was not accepted due to his failing English.乔因英语不及格申报那所大学没被录取。 注意：due to除可表示原因外，还有“应给于，应属于”的意思。 Eg. Our grateful thanks are due to you.向你表示我们衷心的感谢 owing to引出的介词短语，在句中作状语或表语，做状语时，习惯上用逗号和句子其他部分分开。 Eg. They decided to pospone the trip, owing to bad weather.由于天气不好他们决定推迟旅行。 -可编辑修改- 。 Owing to his careless driving, we had a bad accident.由于他驾驶疏忽，我们发生了次大车祸。 （Cf: The accident was due to his careless driving.这次车祸是由于他的驾驶疏忽。） thanks to “由于或因为某人（某事）”，通常用于好的方面，译为“多亏”，但有时作反语；引导的介词短语可置于句首或句末。 Eg.The play succeeded thanks to fine acting by all the cast.由于全体演员的出色表演，那出戏才成功。 It was thanks to his carelessness that -可编辑修改- 。 we lost the game.由于他的疏忽大意我们输掉了这场比赛。 Thanks to your help, successful.多亏了你的帮助，我们得以成功。 -可编辑修改- we were 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/ec784c36c181e53a580216fc700abb68a982ad04.html