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问：在Thanks to the policy, my parents were laid off. 这句话里， the true meaning of "thanks to"是什么? 有无褒贬之意？ 答：这个习语有两解：向……致以谢意（thanks be given to）; 幸亏，由于，因为 （owing to, because of, on account of, as the [或a] result of）。前者含义单一、狭窄，通常仅用来表示鸣谢。 如：My heartfelt thanks to all these scholars. /Thanks again to the following friends and colleagues who gave me so much advice and encouragement in the development of the first edition of this book. / And thanks to all the students from all over the world who used it and made their comments. / Special thanks to my composition students at the University of Florida who... 后者语义虽有限，用途却宽广，请读实例： Thanks to John, we arrived three hours late. / Thanks to your disturbance, I have got confused. / We missed our chance of beating them thanks to bad weather. / Thanks to them, I was able to get hold of more money, to write home, and even to get books. / Thanks to her efforts, four major hospitals are now providing this important treatment. / The play was a great success, and it was all thanks to the effort and commitment of everyone concerned. / Thanks to your carelessness, those important documents have been lost. / Thanks to a sudden rain, the children came home with wet clothes. / I have learned to appreciate English literature thanks to a wonderful teacher. / The fight was soon stopped, thanks to the prompt appearance of the police. 由此可见，thanks to本身并无褒贬之意，全视上下文意思而定。 问：偶尔借阅84年第二期《英语学习》，P17中说a place to live 之后带介词 in 为错，但我在另一本书中看到，说 a place to live 之后的介词可带，但也可以省略。也曾在高中课本中见过 I have no place to go to. 这句不也用了to吗？请赐教，谢谢！ 答：place 泛指地方、地点，不定式后面通常不需in。
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