■ thanks to

可以表示原因。通常指的是好原因产生好结果。

• The building became very well known, thanks to detective films.由于一些侦探片，那栋楼房大大出了名。

但也可以指不好的原因产生不好的结果。

• Thanks to my stock broker's poor track record of picking stocks, I've lost $50,000 in equity.由于我的证券经纪人挑选证券的业绩记录太差，我的股票丢掉了五万美元。
• … thanks to government price controls, motorists had to wait an hour in line to fill up their gas tanks. (US News & World Report, April 21, 2008, p.51)…由于政府的物价管制，开汽车的人要排队等一个钟头才能装满自己的油箱。