1. because 表示的是必然的因果關系,語氣最強,通常放在主句之后,若需強調則放在主句之前…… 2. 通常用來回答 why提出的問題。如: A:Why can't you do it now?你為什么不現(xiàn)在就做呢? B:Because I'm too busy. 因為我太忙。 3. 可引導從句作表語。如: It is because he is foolish. 那是因為他太蠢了。 4. 可用于強調句。如: It is because he is honest that we likehim. 是因為他誠實我們才喜歡他。 5. not…because…這一結構中的 not 有時否定主句,有時否定從句,一般要根據句子的意思作出正確或合乎邏輯的理解。若not否定主句,最好在because之前用逗號,否則會引起歧義,如下句在沒有特定上下文時就有兩種解釋。如: I didn't go because I was afraid. (1) 我沒有去是因為怕。 (2) 我不是因為怕才去。 不過若because之前有just修飾,一般認為not 是否定從句而不是主句。如: You shouldn't get angry just because some people speakill of you. 你不要因為有人說你壞話而生氣。 He was not readyto believe something just because Aristotle said so. 他并不只是因為亞里士多德說過如何如何,就輕易相信它。 6. 表示“…的原因是因為…”這一意義時,一般要用下面這樣的句型。如: The reason why he can't come is that he is tired. 他不能來是因為他累了。 在這一結構中盡管不少人認為可將that改用 because, 但也有不少人反對這一用法,學生宜慎用。 7. 漢語習慣上說“因為…所以…”,但在英語里卻不能將 so與because 連用。如: 因為下雨,所以我們呆在家里。 正:Because it was raining, we stayed at home. 正:It was raining, so we stayed at home. 誤:Because it was raining, so we stayed at home. 8. 用于 because of, 意為“因為”,用法注意: (1) 是復合介詞,其后可接名詞、代詞、動名詞以及由關系代詞型的 what 所引導的從句等。如: He couldn't come because of illness. 他因病不能來。 I said nothing about it, because of his wife'sbeing there. 因為他妻子在那兒,我對此事只字未提。 He knew shewas crying because of what he had said. 他知道她哭是因為他說的話。 注意: because of不能直接引導從句或后接that引導的從句。如: 他不能來是因為他病了。 正:He can't come because he is ill. 正:He can't come because of his illness. 誤:He can't come because of he is ill. 誤:He can't come because of that he is ill. (2) because of 一般引導狀語,不引導表語 (引導表語時可用 dueto)。如: 正:His absence is due to the rain. 他因雨未來。 誤:His absence is because of the rain. 但是若主語是代詞 (不是名詞),because of 引出的短語則可用作表語。如: It is just because of money. 那只是因為錢的原因。 9. 關于 because, since, as, for 的用法區(qū)別 (1) . because 可用來回答why提出的問題;可以引導表語從句;可用于強調句等,而其余三者則不行。 (2) because 表示的是必然的因果關系,語氣最強,通常放在主句之后,若需強調則放在主句之前;since, as所表示的原因是人們已知的,是對已知事實提供理由,而不表示直接原因。它們引導的從句通常放在主句之前,有時也放在主句之后。如: As he wasn't ready in time, wewent without him. 因他未及時準備好,我們沒等他就先走了。 Since we have no money, it's no good thinking about a holiday. 既然我們沒有錢,考慮度假有什么用。 至于 for, 它是并列連詞 (其余三者為從屬連詞),它有時可表示因果關系 (通常要放在主句之后,且可與 because 換用);有時不表示因果關系,而是對前面分句內容的解釋或推斷 (也要放在主句之后,但不能與 because 換用)。試比較。 ①The ground is wet, for (=because) it rained last night. 地面是濕的,因為昨晚下過雨。 ②It must have rained last night, for the ground is wetthis morning. 昨晚一定下過雨,你看今天早上地面是濕的。