核心问题
Thanks to space satellites, the world itself is becoming a much smaller place and people from different countries now understand each other better.
从上例可以看出,thanks to 相当于汉语的“多亏”“幸亏”。这是否意味着它所表达的原因总是引出好的结果?
词典解答
thanks to 短语所表达的原因既可引出好的结果,也可引起不好的结果(这似乎与 thanks 的词义相悖)。请看下面的实例：
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Thanks to John's kind help, we finished early. 多亏约翰的好心帮助,我们才早早完成了。
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I was late thanks to the traffic. 由于交通路况不佳我迟到了。
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Thanks to the bad weather, the match had been cancelled. 由于天气不好，比赛被取消了。