because of, due to, thanks to, owing to

Question

because of, due to, thanks to, owing to ,as a result of ,on account of都可用来表示原因，它们有什么区别？举些例子

Answer 1

在意义上，除了thanks to通常用于好的方面，译为“多亏”外，其他几个短语的区别不大，都表原因，但在用法上稍有不同。
owing to可以做状语和表语，在做状语时一般要在该状语后面加上逗号。
Owing to his careless driving, we had a bad accident.由于他驾驶疏忽，我们发生了次大车祸。

due to做状语时一般不置于句首，也可以做表语和定语。
Your failure is due to negligence.你的失败是由于疏忽所造成的。

because of应用最广，也更口语化。
Because of his wife’s being there,I said nothing about it.因为他妻子在场，我对此事只字未提。

as a result of ,on account of意义大体一样，用法也无区别。

参考资料：转自英语答疑区：http://club.afawang.com/forum-168-1.html

Answer 2

[比较] due to / because of / thanks to

这三个短语意思相同，一般可以互换，但是要注意以下区别：
due to 可引导状语、定语或表语，但多引导表语。
because of 一般引导状语，不引导表语；但当主语是代词时，because of短语在句中可用作表语。
thanks to 常引导状语；除了“由于”的意思外，还可意为“多亏”，多引出好的原因。

[例句] He knew she was crying because of what he had said.
他知道她哭是因为他说的话。
Thanks to you, I was saved from drowning. 幸亏你，我才没有被淹死。

参考资料：http://www.jxenglish.com/Article/vocabulary/11967.html