due to and thanks to

异同

“由于”种种原因

due to 由于；因为。如：

His lateness was due to the very heavy traffic on the motorway.
他迟到是因高速公路上车辆过多所致。
Most of the problems were due to human error. 多数问题都是人为错误造成的。
He arrived late due to the snow. 由于下雪，他来晚了。

比较] due to / 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。
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。

Thanks to you, I was saved from drowning. 幸亏你，我才没有被淹死。

[小试] 将下列句子翻译成汉语。
1. Thanks to your kind help, we finished early.
2. The team’s success was largely due to her efforts.

Key:
1. 多亏你的好心帮助，我们才早早完成了。
2. 这个队的成功在很大程度上是她努力的结果。

due to除了由于还有因为的意思，相当于because of。

Thanks to 多亏的意思。

例如说。We won due to him ，因为他的存在，我们才赢了。

Thanks to him.we won.多亏了他，我们才赢。（他可以是参与赢比赛的人，也可以是外界的因素，例如他的加油）

due to =because...; thanks to 意思是“都亏了....”