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单词 thanks to
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thanks to
P2. thanks to: Thanks be given to, or are due to; hence, Owing to, as a result of, in consequence of. (Often ironical.) So no thanks (thank) to, no credit to, not by virtue or merit of; not because or by reason of.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] > because of or by reason of
for (one's, a thing's) sake?c1225
for sake of1340
because1356
for the sake of1393
on (also upon) account of1625
thanks to1631
on the foot of1675
on the ground of1882
1631 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. (ed. 2) (2nd state) §cxxxviii It is scarce any thanke to mee that hee prevailes.
1631 Earl of Manchester Contemplatio Mortis 75 It is no thankes to a man to pay that willingly, which hee must doe of necessity.
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. iii. 4) No thank to the Pastour, who was a mercenary eye-servant.
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) vi. 99 No thanks to any Laws which have been made to that purpose.
1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 6 But (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive, Indebted to no Prince or Peer alive.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. 214 It is a sight but rarely spied, Thanks to man's wrath and woman's pride.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 3/3 The passengers—thanks, I expect, to the bitter cold—behaved more quietly at night than in the morning.
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