adj.(形容词)

1. [P]欠着的,应付的,未付的 still to be paid

Adjective:

1. owed as a debt;

   "outstanding bills"
   "the amount still owed"
   "undischarged debts"
   

1. 由于：owing to 由于 |owing 由于 | owler 走私者

2.

2. 基於：owe 借债 |owing 基於 | owl 猫头鹰

3. 应归功于,未付的：She owes her success to diligence. 她把成功归功于勤奋. |owing 应归功于,未付的 |owing to 由于

4.

4. 欠付：overwrite 重写 |owing 欠付 | owner 业主

用作表语S+be+～

1. There was still ten dollars owing.
   还欠十美元。
2. He paid what was owing.
   他付清了所有应付的钱。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. How much is owing to you?
   还欠你多少钱?

owing to

由于,因为because of

• She discharged all that was owing for the children.

  出自：F. Burney

There is still 2 dollars owing.

还欠着2美元。

Some roads are closed owing to drifting.

有些道路因积雪而封闭。

owing to the rain, the match was cancelled.

由于下雨，取消了比赛。

The mine was closed owing to exhaustion.

这个煤矿因矿源枯竭而被关闭。

The flight was delayed owing to technical reasons.

这次飞行由于技术的原因而被推迟。

owing to their intransigent attitude we were unable to reach an agreement.

由于他们态度僵硬,我们无法达成协议。

owing to reasons known to all, contacts between our two peoples were sus-pended for over twenty years.

由于众所周知的原因，我们两国人民间的接触中断了20多年。

£100 is still owing on the loan.

还有100英镑贷款未还。

owing to these characteristics , this composite implant material sufficiently meets the demand in the clinical field.

因此, 这种植入复合材料可以充分满足该医学领域的需求.

owing to engine trouble, the plane had to make a forced landing.

由于发动机出了毛病, 飞机不得不进行迫降.

He tends to be romantic owing to lack of experience.

由于缺乏经验,他有浪漫主义的倾向.

owing to the rain, the match was canceled.

因为下雨, 比赛取消了.

owing to the help from his comrades, he has made rapid progress.

由于同志们的帮助, 他进步很快.

owing to the state of the ground, the match has been put off.

由于场地状况不佳, 比赛推迟了.

owing to the bad weather, we didn go to the park.

由于天气不好, 我们没有去公园.

owing to the limitation of our knowledge, there must be mistakes and errors in the book.

由于我们水平有限, 本书少不了会有缺点和错误.

owing to a previous engagement, I shan be able to come.

因事先另有约会, 我无法前来.

In the old society, owing to cruel exploitation and succesive years of tangled warfare among warloads, the labouring people led a vagrant life.

在旧社会, 残酷的剥削和连年不断的军阀混战, 使劳动人民过着颠沛流离的生活.

owing to little response, his speech tailed off to a hesitant end.

由于得不到多少反应, 他的演说吞吞吐吐地收了场.

owing to the brevity of the speeches, we finished early.

因为演讲简短, 我们很早就完事了.

He was quite above owing his meal to the request of a little girl.

他绝不屑于应一个小姑娘的邀请去吃饭.

owing to graft, the manager of this company was discharged from his post and prosecuted.

由于贪污, 这个公司的经理已被撤职查办.

Results have been delayed owing to a malfunction in the computer.

由于电脑发生故障,计算结果推迟了.

He paid what was owing.

他付清了所有应付的钱.

owing to the reason known to all the relations between the two people were suspended for over twenty years.

由于众所周知的原因,两国人民间的关系中断了20多年.

There was still ten dollars owing.

还欠十美元.

It was altogether owing it to himself that James won the prize.

詹姆斯获奖完全是靠自己的努力.

The progress of negotiation between the two sides has slowed down owing to their absence.

双方的谈判因为他们的缺席而迟缓下来.

owing to various delays en route, we arrived two days behind schedule.

由于路上的种种耽搁, 我们比原计划迟到了两天.

There are still ten dollars owing.

还欠10美元.

The game was cancelled owing to torrential rain.

比赛因大雨取消了。

He could take what was owing for the rent.

他可以把自己欠的钱抵作对方的租金。

owing to staff shortages, there was no restaurant car on the train.

由于缺人手，这趟火车上没有餐车。

He was out of work owing to a physical injury.

他因为受伤而失业了。

Borrowing $100,000 is one thing. owing $425,000 is another!

借10万美元事儿小，欠42.5万美元这事可就大了。

owing to a typographical error, the town of Longridge was spelt as Longbridge.

由于一个排印错误，朗里奇镇的名称Longridge被拼为了Longbridge。

adj.(形容词)

owing to, due to

这两个短语都可作“由于,因为”解。owing to表示的理由有直接性,常用作口语,是介词短语,在句中的位置一般没有限制; due to表示的理由同样带有直接性,但在句中多用作表语。