| 词组 | duck |
| 释义 | 1． 可指“鸭、雌鸭”; “公鸭”可用 drake 表示，但不常用; “小鸭”是 duckling。 2． lame duck 不是动物，是“不中用的人或物，如即将辞职的官员”等: A lame duck is an elected official currently in office whose replace- ment has been chosen. due to，owing to 1． due to 常用在动词后面: His absence is due to his illness. 2． 在其他场合下要表示 because of， 两词的用法相似: The flight was canceled due to / owing to bad weather. Due to / Owing to the large vol- ume of letters he is unable to an- swer all of them personally. 3． 下面两个句子的意思相同: The employees were reduced partly due to budget pressures. The employees were reduced due partly to budget pressures. |
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