because of,due to,thanks to,owing to ,as a result of ,on acc

在意义上,除了thanks to通常用于好的方面,译为“多亏”外,其他几个短语的区别不大,都表原因,但在用法上稍有不同.
owing to可以做状语和表语,在做状语时一般要在该状语后面加上逗号.
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.
due to做状语时一般不置于句首,也可以做表语和定语.
Your failure is due to negligence.你的失败是由于疏忽所造成的.
because of应用最广,也更口语化.
Because of his wife’s being there,I said nothing about it.因为他妻子在场,我对此事只字未提.
as a result of ,on account of意义大体一样,用法也无区别.

[比较] due to / because of / thanks to
这三个短语意思相同，一般可以互换，但是要注意以下区别：
due to 可引导状语、定语或表语，但多引导表语。
because of 一般引导状语，不引导表语；但当主语是代词时，because of短语在句中可用作表语。
thanks to 常引导状语；除了“由于”的意思外，还可意为“多亏”，多...