[求助]og175

susanyaki

5.og175 two new studies indicate that many people become obese more due to the fact that their bodies burn calories too slowly than overeating.

b)due to their bodies burning calories too slowly than to eating too much

C) because their bodies burn calories too slowly than because they eat too much.

d)because their bodies burn calories too slowly than because they eat too much

e) because of their bodies buring calories too slowly than because of their eating too much

a use due to unidiomatically to mean because; properly used ,due to is synonymous with attributable to

attributable to还不是和because 差不多意思？？

wangrong83

同问

古镯

用法上有区别，词义上前者表示什么是由什么所造成的，后者是解释一个原因

atributable to + sth.

because + clause

attributable adjective

[not before noun]
likely to have been caused by something

attributable to
Death was attributable to gunshot wounds.

because 1 conjunction

used when you are giving the reason for something
We didn't enjoy the day because the weather was so awful. Because he had been in prison, employers were unwilling to offer him a job. 'Why can't I go?' 'Because you're not old enough.' Hubert never experienced any fear, and this was partly because he was not particularly intelligent. Many exam candidates lose marks simply because they do not read the questions properly. I decided to go with them, mainly because I had nothing better to do.

ibicfamity

我个人认为：attributable to 是指可以归因于,语气上要比beacause弱很多！

请NN指教！

而且XDF讲过，GMAT中表示原因都用because

duankaicheng

我的理解是DUE TO 或者 ATTRIBUTABLE TO一般指的是客观的原因, 而BECASUE则即可以指客观的原因也可以指主观的原因

不知道对不对

dormousedzc

我想问的是关于due to的省略问题.请问下面哪句话对:

Our declining health is more due to the polluted air than due to  the polluted water. 

Our declining health is more due to the polluted air than  to the polluted water.                                             省略due

Our declining health is more due to the polluted air than the polluted water.                                                   省略due to
            

hammyhui

the first one is correct, but the second one is better.

The third one could be wrong.