because [ bi'kɔz] conj.由于，因为
because of 由于，因为
because of
由于，因为
because [bi'kɔz] conj. 因为
at the top of one's lungs 大声喊
A: I'm here right in front of you. Why are you yelling at me at the top of your lungs?
A: 我就在妳面前, 妳为什么要对我大声吼叫呢?
B: Maybe because you've been ignoring my feelings too long.
B: 也许因为你忽略我的感觉太久了。
cheapskate 小气鬼
A: Larry wants me to buy him a new CD simply because I accidentally scratched the back of his CD case.
A: Larry 要我买一个新的 CD 还他, 因为我不小心把他的 CD 盒的背面括到了。
B: I'm not surprised. He's known as a cheapskate.
B: 我并不感到惊讶。他是有名的「小气鬼」。
- 说一个人小气时, 用 "cheap" 就可以了。如: "He is very cheap." 他这个人很小气。
If your mobile breaks down more than twice because of a mechanical fault, we will replace it.
如果你的手机出现两次以上的故障，我们将予以更换。
不成熟的爱说：“我爱你，因为我需要你。”成熟的爱说：“我需要你，因为我爱你。”
Immature love says：“I love you because I need you。”Mature love says：“I need you because I love you"
Although people’s lives have been dramatically changed over the last decades, it must be admitted that, shortage of funds is still the one of the biggest questions that students nowadays have to face because that tuition fees and prices of books are soaring by the day.
近几十年，尽管人们的生活有了惊人的改变，但必须承认，由于学费和书费日益飞涨，资金短缺仍然是学生们面临的最大问题之一。
Additional social stresses may also occur because of the population explosion or problems arising from mass migration movements-themselves made relatively easy nowadays by modern means of transport.
由于人口的猛增或大量人口流动（现代交通工具使这种流动相对容易）引发的种种问题也会对社会造成新的压力。
Any great work of art is great because it creates a special world of its own.
It revives and readapts time and space.
任何伟大的艺术品之所以伟大，是由于它创造了自己特有的世界。
它再现并重新改写了时空。
A creative artist works on his next composition because he is not satisfied with his previous one.
有创造性的艺术家致力于自己的下一个作品，因为他不满意前一个。
Inflation: When nobody has enough money because everybody has too much.
通货膨胀：由于人人钱太多而谁的钱都不够的时候。
You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
你无法将安宁与自由分开，因为得不到自由谁都不会安宁。
Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.
布道不是由于你不得不说些什么，而是由于你有些话要说。
Genuine ignorance is… profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open-mindedness.
真正的无知……不无益处，因为它很可能伴有谦虚、好奇、及思想开放。
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral?
Is it because we are not the person concerned?
为什么我们在有人出生时高兴，在有人入葬时悲伤？
是否由于自己不是当事者？
He loved music, but because his family was poor, he had no opportunity to take lessons.
他喜爱音乐，但因家里太穷，他没有机会去学。
He did not like the army because of the strict discipline.
因为纪律太严，他不喜欢军队生活。
I don't want to get married because I don't want any commitments.
我不想结婚，因为我不想承担任何责任。
He couldn't join the police because he was below the minimum height allowed by the rule.
他未能当警察，因为他身高未达到最低规定要求。
He had to give up his studies because of lack of money.
由于缺少钱，他只得放弃学业。
Knowing English well, he translated the article without much difficulty. (= Because he knows English well, ...)
因为英文好, 他翻译这篇文章易如反掌。
Because of lack of money, the company had to use its resources creatively.
由于缺乏资金，公司只好创造性地利用其资源。
Please turn off the TV because the noise will distract the children from their homework.
请把电视机关掉,因为噪音会使孩子们分心,不能专心做作业。
He was brought to the trial court because of his criminal actions.
由于他的犯罪行为，他被送到了初审法院。
I've seen enough criminal trials to know victims of armed attacks are seldom able to identify their offenders because their attention focuses on the guns, rather than on their users.
我看过许多刑事审判，因而知道在那些武装袭击的受害者中，很少有人能够辨认出袭击他们的人，因为他们的注意力全集中在枪上，而没有放在持枪人上。
We failed the test because many of the questions were about details.
我们考试没通过，因为许多问题都是关于细节方面的内容。
Because of developments in international communication, current news is at hand almost everywhere.
由于国际通讯的发展，到处都可以收到时事新闻。
I like Jack because he has a friendly personality.
我喜欢杰克是因为他性情随和。
Efforts to reach the injured man have been intensified because of a sudden turning for the worse in the weather.
由于天气突然变得更恶劣，援救伤员的工作加紧了步伐。
They do not have security in their work, because the government does not protect them from unemployment.
他们对工作没有安全感，因为政府并不保护他们，使他们免遭解雇。
Because there is little water in the desert, trees are scarce.
由于沙漠中缺水，所以树很少见。
The student's score of 610 on the TOEFL ensured that he would have no trouble being accepted by a university because of his English.
那个学生托福考了610分，可以确保在英语这一方面，被大学接收不成问题。
Some people give money to the poor not so much because they are concerned about doing good, but because it makes them feel good.
有的人给穷人钱不是因为他们热心为善，而是因为这样做可以使他们感觉好些。
Because the road was being repaired, barriers were put up to prevent people from driving in that area.
因为修路而架起了栅栏，不让汽车开到那里。
Because Richard was a radical, some people would not accept him.
由于理查德是个激进分子，所以有些人不接受他。
My parents and I have always got along well because they are willing to talk over problems.
我和父母一直相处很好，因为他们愿意同我商量各种问题。
The boy failed in the examination because he had paid no attention to the teacher in class.
那男孩考试没及格, 他上课不听老师讲课。
I was unable to attend the party because of a prior appointment.
由于事前另有所约，我不能参加晚会。
Bob quit because the pay was too low.
因为工资太低,鲍勃辞职了。
She did not go out because of the intense cold.
天气很冷，他没有出去。
Others made critical comments about him because he quit his duties.
他因为放弃自己的责任而受到批评。
It is difficult to communicate with my grandmother because she is deaf.
与祖母交流很困难,因为她耳聋.
The major decided to retreat because his men did not have enough arms to fight on.
上校决定撤退，因他没有足够的武器打下去。
The tennis player could hit the ball hard because his muscles were so strong.
由于网球运动员肌肉发达，所以击球力量很大。
My muscles were sore because I had exercised too much.
我因锻炼过度而肌肉发痛。
She stayed home from school because she had a sore throat and a fever.
她待在家里，没有去上课，因为她喉咙痛，还发烧。
The citizens are disgusted with the factory because of the pollution that the factory has caused.
由于这家工厂制造成污染，居民们对它极为讨厌。
Mary speaks good English, but she has an advantage because her mother is English.
玛丽英语说得好，因为她有一个有利条件，她妈妈是英国人。
Because the weather here is very good for crops, this place has great potential wealth.
由于这儿的气侯适宜于农作物的生长，因此这个地方具有巨大的潜在财富。
I understood her lecture because she used concrete examples.
由于她运用了具体的事例，所以我能听懂她的讲座。
It is no good trying that method, because it won't work.
尝试那种方法没有意义，因为它不起作用。
We respect his skill because he is an expert at his work.
我们尊重他的技术，因为他是那个行当的专家。
That factory produces a lot of cars because it is very efficient.
这个工厂效率很高，能生产很多汽车。
He liked the job because he could utilize his skill and experience in it.
他喜欢这工作，因为用得上他的技术和经验。
He failed the test because he was caught cheating.
他因作弊被抓而没有通过考试。
He didn't do well because he didn't make the most of his ability.
他没有干好是因为他没有尽力。
Hotels try to attract conventions because they bring a lot of business.
宾馆设法吸引各种会议，因为会议可带来大量生意。
My watch doesn't tick because it is electronic.
我的手表不滴答作响, 因为它是电子表。
Because of a stupid mistake, we lost the initiative in the business discussions; the other side has the initiative now.
由于犯了一个愚蠢的错误, 我们失去了谈判的主动权，现在主动权落到了对方手中。
I don’t want to get married because I don’t want any commitment.
我不想结婚，因为我不愿承担责任。
She is prejudiced against (= has a prejudice) French wine because she is Italian.
她对法国酒存有偏见, 因为她是意大利人。
We won’t do it because it departs from our usual practice.
这有悖于我们的常规做法，所以我们不会去做。
The Greens had to economize because Mr. Green’s income could hardly cover the expenses.
因为格林先生入不敷出，所以一家人只好省吃俭用。
We had to drop the project half way because we lacked money.
因为缺乏资金，我们只好中途放弃了这个项目。
Many women feel they cannot apply for the top jobs because of domestic duties.
许多妇女认为由于家庭责任的原因，她们不能申请最高层的工作。
He tried to join the army but was turned down because of poor health.
他想参军，但因身体不好被拒绝。
Why was I turned down for the job? Is it because I’m a woman?
为什么不让我做那项工作？因为我是一个女人吗？
Because of his great contribution to the country, he won the highest award.
由于他为国家作出的重大贡献，他获得了最高奖。
He’s the despair of his parents because he shows no interest in getting a job.
他让父母束手无策，因为他对找工作没有表现出一点兴趣。
The whole nation was overwhelmed with excitement because of its victory in bidding for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games.
由于申办2008年奥运会成功，整个国家都沉浸在兴奋激动之中。
The lawyer said that he was unable to help us because our case fell outside his specialization.
律师说他没法帮助我们，因为我们的案子超出了他的专业范围。
It’ll be cheaper in the long run to use real leather because it will last longer.
从长远看，用真皮更合算, 因为真皮耐用。
The match was abandoned at half time because of the poor weather condition.
因为天气不好，比赛举行到中途就停止了。
An angry exchange was inevitable because they hated each other so much.
他们很不喜欢对方，因此争吵不可避免。
Some people give money to the poor not so much because they are concerned about doing good, but because it makes them feel good.
有的人给穷人钱不是因为他们热心为善，而是因为这样做使他们感觉好些。
The airplane had to make a forced landing because two of the engines were on fire.
由于有两个引擎着火，飞机只好迫降。
The President went into exile abroad in 1959 because of the political situation in his own country.
总统由于其本国的政治局面而于1959年流亡国外。
The dog recoiled from the rotten food because of the unpleasant smell.
变质的食物散发出的难闻的气味使得这条狗向后退缩。
The dinner spoiled because he put the stove on too high.
这顿饭算是给毁了，因为他把烤炉的温度调得太高了。
They traveled overnight because it was cheaper.
他们夜间旅行，因为这样可少花些钱。
People make fun of her because she always speaks foolishly.
人们嘲笑她，因为她常说傻话。
We don't worry because they were always so prompt with their rental payment.
我们不担心，因为他们交付房租向来不迟疑。
I was always regarded in the Army with a certain amount of suspicion because of my left-wing tendencies.
因为我有左翼倾向，所以在军队里一向受到很多怀疑。
The tickets will be on sale from somewhere else because the agencies have bought them up.
票将在别的地方出售，因为在这里代理人把它买空了。
I trust him because I know he would never deceive me.
我信任他，因为我知道他不会骗我。
Because of not being able to cope with everyday life they were tipped over the edge into breakdown.
因为不能应付日常生活，他们处于崩溃的边缘。
Because of the popularity of the region, it is advisable to book hotels in advance.
该地区很有名气，因此明智的做法是预先订好旅馆。
The car won't start because the battery is dead.
汽车发动不起来，因为蓄电池没电了。
The toy company went bankrupt last year, because it was unable to sell its products.
由于产品销不出去，这家玩具公司已于去年破产了。
The launch of a space shuttle was delayed for 24 hours because of bad weather.
由于天气不好，航天飞机的发射推迟了24小时。
Our holiday plans fell through because of transport strikes.
由于交通系统罢工，我们的休假计划成了泡影。
This is because we feel pain． 这是因为我们能感到疼痛。
We can't go out because of the rain． 我们不能出去因为下雨了。
Mr. Smith knew Jack didn't look at the others because he was nervous.史密斯先生知道杰克不敢看别人是因为紧张。
This is the most wonderful day of my life, because I'm here with you now.今天是我一生中最美好的一天，因为我现在和你在一起。
I'm certain he'll go to see the film, because he's bought a ticket.我肯定他会去看电影的，冈为他把票都买好了。
Articles in the popular press even criticize the Gross National Production (GNP) because it is not such a complete index of welfare, ignoring, on the one hand, that it was never intended to be, and suggesting, on the other, that with appropriate changes it could be converted into one.
流行期刊中甚至有文章批评国民生产总值，因为它并不是一个福利目录，一方面忽视了它从来就没有这种倾向，另一方面的建议是通过正确的改变它才能被转化过来。
In the Warren Court era, voters asked the Court to pass on issues concerning the size and shape of electoral districts, partly out of desperation because no other branch of government offered relief, and partly out of hope that the Court would reexamine old decisions in this area as it had in others, looking at basic constitutional principles in the light of modern living conditions.
在Warren法庭时代，选民们要求法庭通过有关选区的大小和形状的问题，一方面因为出于绝望－没有什么其他的政府部门提供缓解的办法；一方面出于希望－法庭根据现代的生活条件来审视基本的宪法原则,像其他地区一样重新审查在这一地区的旧的规定。
But as cameras become more sophisticated, more automated, some photographers are tempted to disarm themselves or to suggest that they are not really armed, preferring to submit themselves to the limits imposed by premodern camera technology because a cruder, less high-powered machine is thought to give more interesting or emotive results, to have more room for creative accident.
但由于照相机变得越来越精细，越来越自动化了，一些摄影师禁不住开始解除他们的装备或者说他们根本没什么装备，而倾向于运用那些非现代的照相技术，因为一架未成熟，力不大的机器被认为更加有趣或者说更能有情绪结果，给人更多的创作空间。
The family is a co-operative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules, because each family, needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems.
家庭就像是一个合作式的企业一样，很难制定统一的规则，因为每个家庭都需要自己的独特的解决问题的办法。
But in actual practice this system breaks down in many ways, because the organism and the environment are constantly interacting so that the environment is modified by the orgainism and vice versa.
但是在实际中这套系统在很多方面失败了，因为有机物和环境在不断相互作用，所以环境在不断被有机物修改，反过来也是一样。
In the case of man, the difficulties with the environment concept are even more complicated because we have to deal with man as an animal and with man as a bearer of culture.
对于人类来说，环境概念的问题更加复杂。因为我们不得不把人类当为动物，又不得不把人当为文化的持有者来对待。
Their travel plan was cancelled because of the bad weather.
因为天气不好，他们的旅行计划取消了。
They hurried on because it was getting dark.
因为天色暗下来了，他们匆匆赶路。
Please be brief because I am in a hurry.
我有急事，请长话短说。
Many beautiful fish are fast disappearing because of the severe pollution.
因为污染严重，许多美丽的鱼类正在面临绝种。
People make fun of her because she always speaks foolishly.
人们嘲笑她，因为她常说傻话。
We are all very busy because it's the harvest time.
因为现在是收获期，所以我们都非常忙。
We have to play inside because it is raining.
因为天下雨，我们不得不在屋里玩。
Let the argument rest there, because we shall never agree.
让争论到此为止吧， 因为我们永远不会意见一致。
Take special care tonight because the road is icy.
路面结冰了，今晚要格外小心。
The police are advising motorists to reduce speed because of the fog.
由于有雾，警察告诫驾车者减慢速度。
前边的人挡着，我看不见。
I can't see because of the person in front of me.
That person is blocking my view.
That person is in my way.
他很自私。
He's selfish. *selfish 带有轻视的语气，表示“自私的”、“利己的”、“不考虑别人的”。
I don't like John. (我不喜欢约翰。)
Why? (为什么?)
Because he's selfish. (他太自私了。)
He's self-centered. (他总是以自己为中心。)
He's self-serving. (他是个只顾自己的人。)
He only cares about himself. (他只想他自己的事。)
He doesn't care about anyone but himself. (他从来不想别人。)
原来是这样啊!
That solves it. *在对方指点下，问题、疑问得以完全解决。
I left because I didn't feel well. (因为不舒服，我回去了。)
That solves it. (原来是这样啊!)
Well, that solves that.
That's that. *比较随意的说法。
言之有理。
Makes sense. *认为所听到的事情“有道理”、“可以理解”时。
He got fired because he was lazy. (他因为懒，才被解雇了。)
Makes sense. (说得有道理。)
That makes sense.
Makes sense to me.
You're making sense.
That doesn't make sense. (这也太奇怪了。)
别冲我发火。
Don't take it out on me. *take it out on... “为泄愤而冲……发火”。
Don't take your frustration out on me.
Don't treat me badly just because you had a bad day. (别因为今天你不顺就拿我撒气。)
I didn't do anything wrong! (我没有做错什么事。)
你没说到点儿上。
That's not the point.
He's poor because he's lazy. (他很穷是因为他很懒。)
That's not the point. (你没说到点儿上。)
That's not the issue.
That's not what I'm talking about.
毫无办法。
That's the way it goes.
The game is canceled because of the rain. (因为下雨所以比赛取消了。)
That's the way it goes. (没办法呀。)
Thank you for your inquiry, but we cannot make you an offer right now because we are presently unable to obtain appropriate materials.
谢谢贵方询价，但我们不能马上发盘，因为目前我们得不到合适的原料。
We want to cancel the contract because of your delay in delivery.
由于贵方交货拖延，我方要求取消合同。
We have every reason to cancel the contract because you've failed to fulfil your part of it.
我们完全有理由取消合同，因为你们没有完成应遵守的合同内容，履行合同。
Because of the type of purchase, we can only ship by road.
由于商品的性质，我方只能使用公路运输。
We are sorry to delay the shipment because our manufacturer has met unexpected difficulties.
恕延期货船，因为我们厂家遇到了预料不到的困难。
The professor likes her because she knows how to please him.
教授喜欢她是因为她知道怎么讨好他。
A man is not a horse because he was born in a stable.
人并不因为生在马厩里就成了马。
A wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.
一本坏书危害无穷。
I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated.
我成功是因为有决心，从不犹豫。
Knowledge is the most precious treasure of all things, because it can never be given away, nor stolen nor consumed.
知识是万物中最珍贵的财宝，丢不掉，偷不走，也不会损耗。
Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endures his torment willingly.
爱情是甜蜜的虐政，情人心甘情愿地受它的折磨。
The devil knows may things because he is old.
老马能识途。
The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it.
天不会因瞎子看不见而减其蓝色。
Throw away the apple because of the core.
因噎废食。
A You work so hard! Nearly every day of the week!
A 你工作非常辛苦！几乎每天都工作！
B I know. But I’m lucky compared to most people.
B 我知道。但是跟大多数人相比我很幸运。
A How come? In what ways are you lucky?
A 怎么说呢？你在哪方面幸运？
B Because I love what I do. It’s long hours but I love my work.
B 因为我喜欢我做的事。工作时间长，但是我喜欢我的工作。
A I guess most people don’t really love their work – it’s just a job.
A 我想大多数人并不真正喜欢他们的工作——只是工作。
B Yes, they have to do it. They have to earn money. But for me it’s different.
B 是的，他们不得不做。他们得挣钱。但是对我来说不一样。
A I want to check the flights to Shanghai next weekend. You know, times and prices and so on.
A 我想查一下下周到上海的航班。你知道，时间、价格呀等等。
B Why don’t you check it online? You can check it on the website.
B 你为什么不在网上查找呢？你可以通过网站进行查找。
A Can I? That’s a good idea. It’ll save me so much time.
A 能吗？这是一个好主意。它将节约我很多时间。
B Yes, it’s a much quicker way to do it.
B 是的，这是一个快捷得多的方式。
A Good, because I only want to see the different flight times and the possible prices. Then I can make my decision.
A 很好，因为我只需要看看不一样的航班时间以及可能的价格。然后我就能做出决定。
B Yes, it’s much easier to do it online.
B 是的， 在线查找要容易得多。
A I need to make a copy of this document.
A 这份文件我需要一个副本。
B Go ask the Business Centre. They’ll be able to do it. Do you need just a photocopy or a scan?
B 到商务中心问一下。他们能做到。你需要复印还是扫描？
A Can I scan the document? I need a scan because I need to e-mail a copy.
A 我能扫描这份文件吗？我需要一份扫描的，因为我需要用电子邮件发送。
B Do you want it in colour or black and white?
B 你需要彩色的还是黑白的？
A I’m not sure. I think black and white is probably fine.
A 我不确定。我想黑白的可能就行。
B Well, black and white will be cheaper. Anyway, go and ask the Business Centre.
B 哦，黑白的会便宜一些。不管怎样，去到商务中心问问吧。
A I think the quality of driving is worst at rush hour.
A 我想高峰时刻的驾驶质量是很低的。
B Rush hour is really bad! I think it’s because everybody wants to get home from work.
B 高峰时刻太糟了！我想这是因为大家都要在下班后赶回家。
A Yes. Everyone seems so stressed and bad-tempered.
A 是的，似乎每个人压力都很大，脾气都很坏。
B You can really sense that everyone is in a bad mood in heavy traffic.
B 在交通拥挤的时候你能真切地感觉到大家的情绪都很糟糕。
A I know. I guess it’s because they’re in a hurry but not moving very fast.
A 我知道。我想这是因为他们都很着急，但是又都移动得非常缓慢。
B That’s when accidents happen.
B 事故就发生在这个时候。
A Another good thing here is that taxis are cheaper in Beijing than in the States.
A 北京另一个好的方面是出租车比美国的便宜。
B Is that true? Do you think so?
B 真的吗？你这样认为吗？
A Yes. I mean comparatively. I know the cost of living and everything is different, but I still think taxis are cheaper here.
A 是的，相比较而言。我知道生活消费和所有的一切都不同，但是我还是认为这里的出租车便宜一些。
B Maybe it’s because there are more here.
B 可能是因为这里的出则车更多的缘故吧。
A Maybe. I also think it’s because they are a bigger part of the overall transport system here. In the States, there are usually more buses and metros or subways.
A 也许。我也认为这是因为出租车行业是北京交通系统的一个较大的组成部分。在美国，通常有更多的公共汽车和地铁。
B Well, I think we need a bigger metro system and more buses here.
B 哦，我想我们需要一个更发达的地铁系统和更多的公共汽车。
A Beijing has lots of parks, too.
A 北京也有许多公园。
B Yes, I agree. I love Behai Park and Ritan Park . . . and the Temple of? Heaven Park. You should visit London and see the parks there.
B 是的，我同意。我爱北海公园和日坛公园. . .还有天坛公园。你应该去伦敦看看那里的公园。
A Yes, I’d love to. ?I’d love to go to the 2012 Olympics!
A 是的，我很愿意。我愿意到那里去看2012年的奥运会。
B Yes, you must try and come. You will be surprised at how green London is.
B 是的，你一定要争取来。看到伦敦那么绿你会大吃一惊的。
A Because of the parks?
A 是因为那些公园吗？
B Not only the parks. The weather helps, and there are trees in the streets and in people's gardens as well as in the parks.
B 不仅是公园。天气也起作用，在街道上、私人的庭院里以及公园里都有树木。
A The new stadium looks fantastic!
A 新体育场看起来棒极了！
B Yes, it’s wonderful. It’s a really dramatic building.
B 是的，非常好。这真是一个壮观的建筑。
A I guess that whole area of north Beijing will change because of the Olympics.
A 我想奥林匹克运动会将给整个北京带来一个巨大的变化。
B Yes, it’s not just the stadium – it’s new roads, parks, other Olympic buildings too.
B 是的，不仅仅是体育场——还有崭新的道路、公园以及其他的奥运会场馆。
A Big changes everywhere! The Olympics are really changing the city.
A 到处都焕然一新！ 奥运会正改变着整个北京城。
What are you doing on Saturday?
你周六打算做什么?
On Saturday? I’m not sure. Why?
周六？我还不确定。 有事吗？
Because we are thinking of going to the Summer Palace. It’s really beautiful at this time of year.
我们正在考虑去颐和园。一年中的这个时候颐和园是非常美的。
That sounds really interesting.
听起来很吸引人。
Would you like to come with us? Are you free on Saturday?
你愿意和我们一起去吗？你周六有空吗？
Yes, I am. I’d love to come with you.
是的，我有空。我愿意和你们一起去。
Good. Let’s all go on Saturday.
好。咱们周六去。
I succeeded because I willed it; I never hesitated.
Bonapart Napoleon, French emperor
我成功是因为我有决心，从不踌躇。
法国皇帝拿破仑.B.
That is one of the rewards of competition: you can drop down a couple of notches on the food
chain to be as brutal , unsympathetic , selfish and inhuman as you wish in the name of
competition because success supposedly justifies any actions.
Howard Mel, American writer
这就是竞争所得到的一种报酬：你可以将自己在食物链上的身份降低几个档次，打着竞争的旗号，随你所愿地
野蛮、无情、自私和不人道；因为据称，成功可以使任何行动成为正当的（胜者为王败者为寇）
美国作家梅尔.H.
Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
Samuel Johnson. British writer, critic
健康当然比金钱更为重要，因为我们赖以获得金钱的就是健康。
英国作家、批评家约翰.S.
Time cures sorrows and squabbles because we all change, and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended is the same.
Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher
时间可以去除忧虑和争吵，因为我们大家都在改变，不再与从前一样。触犯者和被触犯者都已经不是从前的那个人了。
法国数学家、哲学家帕斯卡尔.B.
Behavioral research discloses that human relations at work are just easier, perhaps because they are more regular and predictable and thus simpler to adjust to than the sporadic, the more intense and less regular relationship in the community.
R.Sayles Leonard, British writer
行为科学研究提示，工作中人与人之间较好相处。这或许是因为工作上的人际关系较有规律，而在社会上，人与人之间的关系是断断续续的，比较紧张，而且也较少有规律可循。
英国作家伦纳德.R.S.
Because friendships enhance our lives ,it is important to cultivate them.
Robert Louis Stevenson, British novelist and poet
培植友谊十分重要，因为友谊能提高生活的价值。
英国小说家、诗人史蒂文森.R.L.
jiddu Krishnamurti, lndia-born religious philosoper
A man who does not know what passion is will never know love because love can come into being only when there is total self abandonment .
一个不懂得徼情的人永远不会懂得爱，因为只有在完全无我的时候，才有达到爱的境界。
印度出生的宗教哲学家克里希纳穆尔.J.
I believe that our Heaven Father invented man because he was dis-appointed in monkey
Mark Twain, American writer
我相信，我们的天父之所以创造人是因为猴子使他失望了。
美国作家马克?吐温
Expericence is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
Law Vernon, British writer
经验是一位先行测试然后才授课严厉的教师。
英国作家弗农. L.
Neither beliver nor reject anything, because any other person has rejected of believed it . Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error,. Use it.
Thomas Jefferson, American president
不要因为别的人相信或否定了什么东西，你也就去相信它或否定它。上帝赠予你一个用来判断真理和谬误的头脑。那你就去运用它吧/
美国总统杰斐逊.T.
He is immortal 6, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible 7voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion 8and sacrifice9 and endurance.
William Faulkner, American writer
我之不朽不是因为在动物中唯独地永远能发言，而是因为他有灵魂、有同情心、有牺牲和忍耐精神。
美国作家福克纳.W .
Have no doubts because of trouble nor be thou discomtited; for the water of life's fountain springeth from a gloom bed.…
Sit not sad because that time a fitful aspect weareth; Patience is most bitter , yet most sweet the fruit it bearth.
Sadi , Perisian poet
你虽然在困苦中也不惴惴不安，
从暗处往往流出生命之泉。……
不要因为时运不济而郁郁寡欢，忍耐虽然最痛苦，
其果实也最香甜。
波斯诗人萨迪
Mankind censure injustice, fearing that they may be the victims of it and not because they shrink from commintting it.
Plato, Ancint Grek philosopher
人类对于不公正的行为加以指责，并非因为他们愿意做出这种行为，而是惟恐自己会成为这种行为的牺牲者。
古希腊哲学家柏拉图
I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.
Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian artist
我已经冒犯了上帝和芸芸众生，因为我的工作没有达到它应有的水平。
意大利画家达?芬奇L
People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. ( Chesterton )
通常人们是因为不会辩理才吵架的。(切斯特顿)
I did poorly on the test because I was sick.
我是因为生病所以才考不好。
I can’t keep the appointment because I am sick. 因为生病所以我不能赴约。
appointment约会
to make an appointment 订约会
to confirm an appointment 确定约会
to change an appointment 改约会
to keep an appointment 守约会
to have an appointment with sb. 与某人有个约会
to cancel an appointment 取消约会
to reschedule an appointment 重新安排约会
to postpone/put off an appointment 推迟约会
to call on 拜访
to be engaged 约会
engagement约会，约定
He is embarrassed because he made a mistake.他因为弄错而显得很窘。
I'm afraid the crash was because of your fault.抱歉，我怕这次坠毁是你弄砸的缘故。
at the top of one's lungs大声喊
A: I'm here right in front of you. Why are you yelling at me at the top of your lungs?
A:我就在妳面前,妳为什么要对我大声吼叫呢?
B: Maybe because you've been ignoring my feelings too long.
B:也许因为你忽略我的感觉太久了。
Men don＇t feel the urge to get married as quickly as women do because their clothes all button and zip in the front. Women＇s dresses usually button and zip in the back. We need men to help us get dressed.
男人对婚姻的渴望不如女人那么强烈,这是因为男士服装的扣子和拉链都在前面,而女士服装的扣子和拉链通常在身后。我们需要男人帮我们拉上拉链,扣好扣子。
Men are self－confident because they grow up identifying with superheros.
男人很自信,因为他们从小就被看成超级英雄。
over : 由于 (because of)
cry over 因…哭
laugh over 笑…
fuss over 因…着急
bent out of shape气坏了，大发雷霆
Mother is really bent out of shape because we came home so late last night.
因为我们昨天回去那么晚，所以母亲大发雷霆。
put on airs摆架子
I can't stand Mary. She always putting on airs because she thinks she's better than everybody else.
我受不了玛丽。她老摆架子，因为她自以为比别人好。
fall flat失败；碰壁；未达到预期效果
His joke fell flat because no one understand it.
他的笑话没人听懂，所以没有收到效果。
blabbermouth大嘴巴，爱说闲话的人
I don't like Don because he's a blabbermouth.
我不喜欢堂，因为他爱说人闲话。
“We arrived two hours late at the big blow-out for Charle’s birthday because our car had a blow-out.”
“由于我们车胎炸了,所以我们晚了两个小时才到达查理举行生日宴会的地方。”
"Be careful of salesmen who call on the phone and offer to sell you land on the beach down in Florida. You can lose your shirt because the chances are the land is under water at high tide."
“对那些通过电话来鼓动你买弗罗里达州靠海滨的土地的推销员，你得十分小心。你要不小心就有可能会损失一切，因为这些地很可能就是那些在涨潮的时候会被水淹没的地。”
"Back in school we made fun of Jones because we thought he spent too much time studying instead of having fun. Now the shoe is on the other foot -- he's made lots of money and the rest of us are just barely making enough to feed our families."
“以前在学校里念书的时候，我们老是笑话琼斯，认为他这个人老是念书，不会玩。可是，现在情况就完全不同了。他赚了不少钱，而我们这些人的收入只够维持家计而已。”
because of 由于，因为
- Jump to conclusions 仓促的下结论
Being a teacher, he shouldn't jump to conclusions that a student is not worth teaching simply because he fails one exam.
- be at the end of one's tether 山穷水尽
Mark feels worried because he can't write any new books. He is afraid that he is at the end of his tether.
- fall for...迷恋上……
She fell for that guy simply because he behaved quite differently from others.
- have sticky fingers 手不老实。有小偷小摸的陋习
The old lady fired the maid because she had sticky fingers.
- be down in the mouth 垂头丧气
Sandra was down in the mouth because she didn't make the appointment.
It's expensive to open an L/C because we need to put a deposit in the bank.
开证得交押金，因此花费较大。
Sometimes, we have to make a transshipment because there is no suitable loading port in the producing country.
有时因为在生产国找不到合适的装港，我们不得不转船。
We can not afford time to change the packing because the ship will sail after two days.
由于轮船两天后就起航，我们来不及更换包装。
These goods didn't sell well merely because of the poor packing.
这些产品由于包装不好影响了销售。
Because of the rapid development of our business in Asia, we think it's necessary to open a branch at the following address.
鉴于我们在亚洲地区业务的迅速发展，有必要在下列地点设立分公司。
We believe in long-term cooperation with China because we view the future as bright.
我们相信与中国长期合作的前途是光明的。
It was because of you that we landed the contract.
因为有了你，我们才签了那份合同。
We can certainly do this, but it is subject to an additional premium, because our CIF quotation doesn’t include this risk.
我们当然可以照办，但战争险要交额外的保险费，因为我们的CIF报价没有包括这种附别。
Such products are widely sold in markets abroad. And they are gaining popularity because of their fine quality and competitive prices.
因为具有高质量和价格上的竞争优势，我们的产品在国外市场上很畅销
A: Paul, what are you doing on Saturday?
A: 保罗，你周六打算做什么?
B: On Saturday? I’m not sure. Why?
B: 周六？我还不确定。 有事吗？
A: Because we are thinking of going to the Summer Palace. It’s really beautiful at this time of year.
A: 我们正在考虑去颐和园。一年中的这个时候颐和园是非常美的。
B: That sounds really interesting.
B: 听起来很吸引人。
A: Would you like to come with us? Are you free on Saturday?
A: 你愿意和我们一起去吗？你周六有空吗？
B: Yes, I am. I’d love to come with you.
B: 是的，我有空。我愿意和你们一起去。
A: Good. Let’s go on Saturday. A 好。咱们周六去。
敝帚自珍 [bì zhǒu zì zhēn] /value one's own old broom - cherish something of little value simply because it is one's own/
基于 [jī yú] /because of/on the basis of/in view of/on account of/
叫嚷 [jiào rǎng] /(v) shout because of dissatisfaction/
为 [wèi] /because of/for/to/
以 [yǐ] /to use/according to/so as to/in order to/by/with/because/abbr. for Israel/
因 [yīn] /cause/reason/because/
因如此 [yīn rú cǐ] /because of this/
因为 [yīn wéi] /because/owing to/on account of/
由 [yóu] /follow/from/it is for...to/reason/cause/because of/due to/by/to/to leave it (to sb)/
由于 [yóu yú] /due to/as a result of/thanks to/because of/owing to/
由于 [yóu yú] /due to/as a result of/thanks to/because of/owing to/
To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, "all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing."
18世纪政治家埃德蒙·柏克曾说过类似这样的话，“一个被误导的事业如果要成功，它惟一需要的是好人无所作为”。
One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research.
一个这样的事业现在正在寻求终止生物医学的研究，因为有这样一种理论说，动物享有权利禁止它们被用于实验。
Leaders of the animal rights movement target biomedical research because it depends on public funding, and few people understand the process of health care research.
动物权利运动的领导者将矛头指向生物医学研究，原因在于它依赖公共资金的资助，并且很少有人懂得医学研究的过程。
Finally, because the ultimate stakeholders are patients, the health research community should actively recruit to its cause not only well-known personalities such as Stephen Cooper, who has made courageous statements about the value of animal research, but all who receive medical treatment.
最后，因为最终决定因素是病人，医疗研究机构不仅应该积极争取斯蒂芬·库柏这样的名人的支持——他对动物实验的价值勇敢地进行了肯定——而且应该争取所有接受治疗的病人的支持。
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses' convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors.
下面举一个例子，它是我在一个护士大会上听到的。这个故事效果很好，因为听众对医生都有同样的看法。
George Annas, chair of the health law department at Boston University, maintains that, as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death.
波士顿大学健康法律系主任乔治·安纳斯坚持认为，只要医生是出于合理的医疗目的开药，那么即使服用此药会加速病人的死亡，医生的行为也没有违法。
"It's like surgery," he says. "We don't call those deaths homicides because the doctors didn't intend to kill their patients, although they risked their death. If you're a physician, you can risk your patient's suicide as long as you don't intend their suicide."
“这就像做手术，”他说，“我们不能称那些死亡为杀人是因为医生并没有想杀死病人，尽管他们敢冒病人死亡的危险。假定你是一名医生，只要你并没有想让病人自杀，你就可以去冒你的病人自杀的风险。”
Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be netted together.
一二十年之内，全球将有一二十亿人互联。
As a result, I now believe the digital divide will narrow rather than widen in the years ahead.
因此，我认为在未来的数年中，信息差异将缩小而不会变大。
And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for combating world poverty that we've ever had.
那是好消息，因为互联网很可能成为我们消除所面临的贫困的最强有效的工具。
But in the past 100,000 years — even the past 100 years — our lives have been transformed but our bodies have not.
但在过去的10万年——甚至过去的100年中，我们的生活发生了变化，但我们的身体却没变。我们没有进化。
We did not evolve, because machines and society did it for us.
因为机器和社会替我们办了这一切。
More recently, as the Web proved to be more than a fashion, companies have started to buy and sell products and services with one another. Such business-to-business sales make sense because business people typically know what product they're looking for.
最近，随着证明网络不仅是一种时尚而已，公司间便开始（在网上）交易产品和服务。这类公司之间的销售是很有道理的，因为商人通常都知道他们需要什么产品。
Nonetheless, many companies still hesitate to use the Web because of doubts about its reliability.
不过，由于怀疑网络的可靠性许多公司仍对网络的使用犹豫不决。
Because current federal law already forbids the use of federal funds to create embryos (the earliest stage of human offspring before birth) for research or to knowingly endanger an embryo's life, NBAC will remain silent on embryo research.
因为现行的联邦法律已经禁止使用联邦基金克隆研究用的胚胎（人类子代出生前的最早阶段）或有意识地危及胚胎的生命，NBAC在胚胎研究这一问题上保持沉默。
How many men would have considered the possibility of an apple falling up into the tree？
多少人会考虑过苹果向上飞到树上的可能性呢？
Newton did because he was not trying to predict anything.
牛顿考虑过，因为他不想对任何事情进行预测。
Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on via the group's on-line service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: "We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn't just something that happened in Australia. It's world history."
几乎同时，该消息就出现在互联网上。身处地球另一端的加拿大死亡权利执行主席约翰·霍夫塞斯在收到该消息后便通过协会的在线服务“死亡之网”发了公告。他说：“我们整天都在发布公告，因为这件事的意义不在于它是在澳大利亚发生的事情，而是因为这是世界历史的一件大事。”
For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year-old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. "I'm not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I'd go, because I've watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks," he says.
对于居住于达尔文现年54岁的肺癌患者利奥德·尼克森来说，这个法律意味着他可以平静地生活下去而无须整天惧怕即将来临的苦难：因呼吸困难而在煎熬中痛苦地死去。“从思想上说，我并不害怕死，但我怕的是怎样死，因为我在医院看到过病人在缺氧时苦苦挣扎，用手抓他们的面罩时的情景，”他说。
Drugs (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter perception, mood, and behavior are known as psychoactive substances.
影响中枢神经系统、改变感知觉和行为的药物（物质）属于对神经起显著作用的物质，
Psychoactive substances are commonly grouped according to whether they are stimulants, depressants, or hallucinogen.
它们通常分为兴奋剂、镇静剂和幻觉剂。
Stimulants initially speed up or activate the central nervous system, whereas depressants slow it down.
Hallucinogens have their primary effect on perception, distorting and altering it in a variety of ways including producing hallucinations.
兴奋剂主要起到加速或激活中枢神经系统的作用，而镇静剂则相反：减缓它的活动。幻觉剂主要影响人的感知，通过多种方式对感知加以扭曲或改变，其中包括产生幻觉。
These are the substances often called psychedelic (from the Greek word meaning "mind-manifestation") because they seemed to radically alter one's state of consciousness.
这些物质常被认为能“引起幻觉”（psychedelic一词源于希腊语，意为“心灵显现”），因为它们似乎能改变人的意识状态。
Yet the BBC will have to change, because the broadcasting world around it is changing.
然而BBC将不得不进行变革，因为周围的广播世界正发生变化。
The commercial TV channels — ITV and Channel 4 — were required by the Thatcher Government's Broadcasting Act to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs.
商业电视频道——ITV和第四频道——应撒切尔政府广播法案的要求进行商业化，彼此竞争广告业务，降低成本，裁减员工。
But it is the arrival of new satellite channels — funded partly by advertising and partly by viewers' subscriptions — which will bring about the biggest changes in the long term.
但从长远来看会引起最大变化的是新的卫星频道的出现，它们的部分资金来自广告收入，部分来自用户收视费。
Why mention the elementary schools? Because thanks to these schools our early mechanics, especially in the New England and Middle Atlantic states, were generally literate and at home in arithmetic and in some aspects of geometry and trigonometry.
为什么要提小学教育？正是因为有了这些学校，我们的早期技工才普遍能读会写，并精通算术及部分几何和三角，这种情况在新英格兰和大西洋中部各州尤为可见。
There is one more point I feel I ought to touch on.
我觉得有一点还得谈一谈。
Recently I heard a well-known television personality declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs.
最近我听到一位著名电视人宣称他反对广告，因为广告意在劝诱而非提供信息。
He was drawing excessively fine distinctions. Of course advertising seeks to persuade.
他把两者区分得过于细微，因为广告不可避免地要劝说消费者。
{adj: apart, isolated, obscure} remote and separate physically or socially
"existed over the centuries as a world apart"
"preserved because they inhabited a place apart"- W.H.Hudson
"tiny isolated villages remote from centers of civilization"
"an obscure village"
{adj: aphasic} unable to speak because of a brain lesion
{adj: attractive} having power to arouse interest
"an attractive opportunity"
"the job is attractive because of the pay"
{adj: awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly} difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
"an awkward bundle to carry"
"a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"
"clumsy wooden shoes"
"the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
{adj: basic} pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
"a basic fact"
"the basic ingredients"
"basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"
<-> incidental
{adj: blase, bored} uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence
"his blase indifference"
"a petulant blase air"
"the bored gaze of the successful film star"
{adj: blase, worldly} very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world
"the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"
"the benefits of his worldly wisdom"
{adj: contingent} uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
"the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"- George Eliot
{adj: cumbersome, cumbrous} difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
"a cumbersome piece of machinery"
"cumbrous protective clothing"
{adj: deadlocked, stalemated} at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions
"the chess game ended with white stalemated"
"the two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits"
{adj: dead} out of use or operation because of a fault or breakdown
"a dead telephone line"
"the motor is dead"
{adj: defective, faulty} having a defect
"I returned the appliance because it was defective"
{adj: dense, heavy, impenetrable} permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
"dense smoke"
"heavy fog"
"impenetrable gloom"
{adj: dense, thick} hard to pass through because of dense growth
"dense vegetation"
"thick woods"
{adj: desperate} showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
"felt a desperate urge to confess"
"a desperate need for recognition"
{adj: disinclined} unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval
"disinclined to say anything to anybody"
<-> inclined
{adj: distracted, distrait} having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety
{adj: doughy, soggy} having the consistency of dough because of insufficient leavening or improper cooking
"the cake fell; it's a doughy mess"
{adj: down} not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
"we can't work because the computer is down"
{adj: dry} (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
"a dry white burgundy"
"a dry Bordeaux"
<-> sweet
{adj: dulled, benumbed} having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure
"the mind of the audience is becoming dulled"
"the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond"
{adj: dumb, mute, silent} unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
{adj: economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting} avoiding waste
"an economical meal"
"an economical shopper"
"a frugal farmer"
"a frugal lunch"
"a sparing father and a spending son"
"sparing in their use of heat and light"
"stinting in bestowing gifts"
"thrifty because they remember the great Depression"
"`scotch' is used only informally"
{adj: embarrassed, humiliated, mortified} made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride
"too embarrassed to say hello to his drunken father on the street"
"humiliated that his wife had to go out to work"
"felt mortified by the comparison with her sister"
{adj: extinguished} of a conditioned response; caused to die out because of the absence or withdrawal of reinforcement
{adj: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant} joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
"rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"
"a triumphal success"
"a triumphant shout"
{adj: fond} absurd or silly because unlikely
"fond hopes of becoming President"
"fond fancies"
{adj: grandiose} impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval
{adj: gullible} easily tricked because of being too trusting
"gullible tourists taken in by the shell game"
{adj: heavy, lumbering, ponderous} slow and laborious because of weight
"the heavy tread of tired troops"
"moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"
"ponderous prehistoric beasts"
"a ponderous yawn"
{adj: hopeless} without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
"in an agony of hopeless grief"
"with a hopeless sigh he sat down"
<-> hopeful
{adj: ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting} unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge
"he was completely ignorant of the circumstances"
"an unknowledgeable assistant"
"his rudeness was unwitting"
{adj: immunocompromised} unable to develop a normal immune response usually because of malnutrition or immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive therapy
{adj: impracticable, infeasible, unfeasible, unworkable} not capable of being carried out or put into practice
"refloating the sunken ship proved impracticable because of its fragility"
"a suggested reform that was unfeasible in the prevailing circumstances"
{adj: impractical} not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters
"refloating the ship proved impractical because of the expense"
"he is intelligent but too impractical for commercial work"
"an impractical solution"
<-> practical
{adj: in-situ, unmoved} being in the original position; not having been moved
"the archeologists could date the vase because it was in-situ"
"an in-situ investigator"
{adj: incomparable, uncomparable} such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared
"an incomparable week of rest and pleasure"
"the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency"
"this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data"
<-> comparable
{adj: iniquitous, sinful, ungodly} characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin
"iniquitous deeds"
"he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"
"ungodly acts"
{adj: involved} connected by participation or association or use
"we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"
"the problems involved"
"the involved muscles"
"I don't want to get involved"
"everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified"
<-> uninvolved
{adj: katabatic, catabatic} of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night
<-> anabatic
{adj: lighter-than-air} relating to a balloon or other aircraft that flies because it weighs less than the air it displaces
{adj: lovesick} languishing because of love
"strong men behaving like lovesick boys"
{adj: metacentric} having two equal arms because of the median position of the centromere
"a metacentric chromosome"
{adj: metonymic, metonymical} using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated
"to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
{adj: mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless} expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate
"a mute appeal"
"a silent curse"
"best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson
"the words stopped at her lips unsounded"
"unspoken grief"
"choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
{adj: offside, offsides} illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck
"the touchdown was nullified because the left tackle was offside"
<-> onside
{adj: out} not worth considering as a possibility
"a picnic is out because of the weather"
{adj: owing} owed as a debt
"must pay what is owing"
"sleep owing to you because of a long vigil"
{adj: precedential} having precedence (especially because of longer service)
"precedential treatment for senior members of the firm"
{adj: preclinical, presymptomatic} of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared
{adj: predisposed} made susceptible
"because of conditions in the mine, miners are predisposed to lung disease"
{adj: printable} fit for publication because free of material that is morally or legally objectionable
"printable language"
<-> unprintable
{adj: profane, unconsecrated, unsanctified} not holy because unconsecrated or impure or defiled
{adj: purse-proud} proud or arrogant because of your wealth (especially in the absence of other distinction)
{adj: red-coated, lobster-backed} used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats
{adj: sad} experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
"feeling sad because his dog had died"
"Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti
<-> glad
{adj: scheduled} planned or scheduled for some certain time or times
"the scheduled meeting"
"the scheduled flights had to be cancelled because of snow"
<-> unscheduled
{adj: telocentric} having the form of a straight rod because the centromere is in a terminal position
"a telocentric chromosome"
{adj: time-honored, time-honoured} honored because of age or long usage
"time-honored institutions"
{adj: transparent} easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)
"a transparent explanation"
"a transparent lie"
{adj: underdeveloped} (of a photograph) lacking in contrast because it was left in the developer for less than the required time
{adj: unmelted} not melted
"streets unpassable because of piles of unmelted snow"
<-> melted
{adj: unprintable} unfit for print because morally or legally objectionable or offensive to good taste
"an unprintable epithet"
"unprintable pictures"
<-> printable
{adj: unrecognizable, unrecognisable} defying recognition as e.g. because of damage or alteration
{adj: unrepaired} unserviceable because necessary repairs have not been made
{adj: unstuck, undone} thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence
"price programs became unstuck because little grain was available"
{adj: unwieldy, unmanageable} difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
"we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"
"almost dropped the unwieldy parcel"
<-> wieldy
{adj: warm} uncomfortable because of possible danger or trouble
"made things warm for the bookies"
{adj: widowed} single because of death of the spouse
{adv: at a premium} of high value (usually because of scarcity) or above par value
"they were forced to buy it back at a premium"
{adv: consequently, accordingly} (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
"consequently, he didn't do it"
"continued to have severe headaches and accordingly returned to the doctor"
{adv: extravagantly, lavishly} in a wasteful manner
"the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap"
{adv: hopelessly} without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success
"he hung his head hopelessly"
"`I must die,' he said hopelessly"
<-> hopefully
{adv: inflexibly} in an inflexible manner
"`You will--because you must!,' Madam told her inflexibly"
<-> flexibly
{adv: secretively} in a secretive manner; with a preference for secrecy
"the teacher raised a hand to him, slightly and secretively, because he was her favorite"
{adv: slightly, somewhat} to a small degree or extent
"his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"
"the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"
{adv: thereby} by that means or because of that
"He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth"
{adv: unawares} suddenly and unexpectedly
"rain caught them unawares"
"sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bittered agony because it takes them unawares"- A.Lincoln
{adv: under the circumstances} because of prevailing conditions
"under the circumstances I cannot buy the house"
{n: A-line} women's clothing that has a fitted top and a flared skirt that is widest at the hemline
"it is called the A-line because the effect resembles the capital letter A"
{n: Alexander I, Czar Alexander I, Aleksandr Pavlovich} the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon (1777-1825)
{n: Bond, Julian Bond} United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)
{n: California privet, Ligustrum ovalifolium} semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers; used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet
{n: Chinese} any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
{n: Comstockery} censorship because of perceived obscenity or immorality
{n: Fall} the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve
"women have been blamed ever since the Fall"
{n: Gibraltar, Rock of Gibraltar, Calpe} location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules
{n: Heimlich maneuver, Heimlich manoeuvere} an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea
{n: Japanese black pine, black pine, Pinus thunbergii} large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog
{n: Kerbala, Karbala, Kerbela} a city of central Iraq south of Baghdad; a holy city for Shiite Muslims because it is the site of the tomb of Mohammed's grandson who was killed there in 680
{n: Kernig's sign} symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings
{n: Monera, kingdom Monera, Prokayotae, kingdom Prokaryotae} prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
{n: Noah's flood, Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, the Flood} (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings
{n: Pius X, Giuseppe Sarto, Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto} pope who condemned religious modernism; he was canonized in 1954 because of his interest in the poor (1835-1914)
{n: Pueblo} a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock
{n: Raskolnikov, Rodya Raskolnikov} a fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil
{n: Renaissance man} a scholar during the Renaissance who (because knowledge was limited) could know almost everything about many topics
{n: Second Crusade} a Crusade from 1145 to 1147 that failed because of internal disagreements among the crusaders and led to the loss of Jerusalem in 1187
{n: Third Crusade} a Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal
{n: Vela} a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis
"because of its configuration Vela is sometimes called `the Sails'"
{n: Wise Men, Magi} (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them
{n: Ypres, battle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres} battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
{n: age} how long something has existed
"it was replaced because of its age"
{n: aggro} (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression
"I skipped it because it was too much aggro"
{n: agraphia, anorthography, logagraphia} a loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain lesion
{n: all clear} permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed
{n: anopia} sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye)
{n: anti-TNF compound} a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF); used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints
{n: antique} any piece of furniture or decorative object or the like produced in a former period and valuable because of its beauty or rarity
{n: aphasia} inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
{n: atorvastatin, Lipitor} an oral drug (trade name Lipitor) that is effective in lowering triglycerides; potent in reducing LDL cholesterol because higher doses can be given
{n: bad check, bad cheque} a check that is dishonored on presentation because of insufficient funds
"issuing a bad check is a form of larceny"
{n: bank closing} act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure
{n: bank run} the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because the think it will fail
{n: black body, blackbody, full radiator} a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
"a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium"
{n: black mamba, Dendroaspis augusticeps} a highly venomous southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite
{n: bland diet, ulcer diet} a diet of foods that are not irritating
"he ate a bland diet because of his colitis"
{n: blind flying, blind landing} using only instruments for flying an aircraft because you cannot see through clouds or mists etc.
{n: blowfish, sea squab, puffer, pufferfish} delicacy that is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison in ovaries and liver
{n: bubo} a lymph node that is inflamed and swollen because of plague or gonorrhea or tuberculosis
{n: bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup} someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
{n: caller, company} a social or business visitor
"the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company"
{n: camp} something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
"the living room was pure camp"
{n: carbon tetrachloride, carbon tet, tetrachloromethane, perchloromethane} a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined
{n: chastity, celibacy, sexual abstention} abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)
{n: choker} an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation
"he could win if he wasn't a choker"
{n: chrome-nickel steel, Elinvar} Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures
{n: circuit} (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
{n: civil disobedience} a group's refusal to obey a law because they believe the law is immoral (as in protest against discrimination)
"Thoreau wrote a famous essay justifying civil disobedience"
{n: clear and present danger} a standard for judging when freedom of speech can be abridged
"no one has a right to shout `fire' in a crowded theater when there is no fire because such an action would pose a clear and present danger to public safety"
{n: common chickweed, Stellaria media} a common low-growing annual garden weed with small white flowers; cosmopolitan; so-called because it is eaten by chickens
{n: complication} any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease
"bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis"
{n: compromise} an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
"the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'"
{n: concern} something that interests you because it is important or affects you
"the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"
{n: condensation, condensate} atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold
{n: costmary} leaves used sparingly (because of bitter overtones) in sauces and soups and stuffings
{n: criminal possession} (law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances
{n: cripple} someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
{n: critical mass} the minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture
"the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass"
"there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead"
"they sold the business because it lacked critical mass"
{n: crunch} a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
"an end-of-the year crunch"
"a financial crunch"
{n: dangling modifier, misplaced modifier} a word or phrase apparently modifying an unintended word because of its placement in a sentence: e.g., `when young' in `when young, circuses appeal to all of us'
{n: demimonde} a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior
{n: disrepute, discredit} the state of being held in low esteem
"your actions will bring discredit to your name"
"because of the scandal the school has fallen into disrepute"
<-> repute
{n: dumb bomb, gravity bomb} a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target
<-> smart bomb
{n: dystopia} a work of fiction describing an imaginary place where life is extremely bad because of deprivation or oppression or terror
{n: engine block, cylinder block, block} a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
"the engine had to be replaced because the block was cracked"
{n: exemption} a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of his status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)
"additional exemptions are allowed for each dependent"
{n: factoid} something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print
{n: fair hearing} a hearing that is granted in extraordinary situations where the normal judicial process would be inadequate to secure due process because the person would be harmed or denied their rights before a judicial remedy became available (as in deportation or loss of welfare benefits)
{n: fast reactor} nuclear reactor in which nuclear fissions are caused by fast neutrons because little or no moderator is used
<-> thermal reactor
{n: feminization, feminisation} the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration
{n: fenestration} surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis
{n: fetal alcohol syndrome} a medical condition in which body deformation or facial development or mental ability of a fetus is impaired because the mother drank alcohol while pregnant
{n: fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runniness} the property of flowing easily
"adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"
"they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer"
{n: fog, fogginess, murk, murkiness} an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
{n: fragmentation} (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk
"fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file"
{n: frostweed, frost-weed, frostwort, Helianthemum canadense, Crocanthemum canadensei} perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts
{n: fuel line, gas line} a pipe that carries gasoline from a tank to a gasoline engine
"the car wouldn't start because dirt clogged the gas line"
{n: fugu} a blowfish highly prized as a delicacy in Japan but highly dangerous because the skin and organs are poisonous
{n: genus Rhizoctinia, form genus Rhizoctinia} form genus of imperfect fungi some species of which are now placed in genera Pellicularia and Corticium because their perfect stages have been found
{n: golf widow} a wife who is left alone much of the time because her husband is playing golf
{n: groundwork} preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
"we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago"
{n: guilt by association} the attribution of guilt (without proof) to individuals because the people they associate with are guilty
{n: halogeton, Halogeton glomeratus} a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content
{n: hard lead} unrefined lead that is hard because of the impurities it contains
{n: holiday} a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
"no mail is delivered on federal holidays"
"it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"
{n: homogeny} (biology) similarity because of common evolution
{n: humpback, hunchback, crookback} a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
{n: hydrarthrosis} inflammation and swelling of a movable joint because of excess synovial fluid
{n: hydra} trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality
"we may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution"
{n: hydronephrosis} accumulation of urine in the kidney because of an obstruction in the ureter
{n: hypoplasia} underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells
{n: interest, interestingness} the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
"they said nothing of great interest"
"primary colors can add interest to a room"
<-> uninterestingness
{n: intermittent claudication} lameness due to pain in leg muscles because the blood supply is inadequate; pain subsides with rest
{n: internationalism} the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences
<-> nationalism, nationalism
{n: legitimation} the act of rendering a person legitimate
"he has filial rights because he obtained letters of legitimation from the king"
"his parents' subsequent marriage resulted in his legitimation"
{n: lordolatry} the worship of a lord because of his rank or title
{n: macrocephaly, megacephaly, megalocephaly} an abnormally large head; differs from hydrocephalus because there is no increased intracranial pressure and the overgrowth is symmetrical
{n: male hypogonadism, eunuchoidism} the state of being a eunuch (either because of lacking testicles or because they failed to develop)
{n: martyrdom} death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
{n: medulla oblongata, medulla, bulb} lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
"the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning"
{n: meritocracy} the belief that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities and not because of their wealth or birth
{n: metacentric chromosome} a chromosome having two equal arms because the centromere is in median position
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