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Picture two events linked by an arrow that points back to the reason: this happened ← because that happened. 'Because' is the word that hooks an effect onto its cause — it points your attention to the thing that made something else happen.
可以想成兩件事之間有一個往回指的箭頭：這件事 ← 因為那件事。「because」就是把「結果」勾回「原因」的那個字，…更多收起
可以想成兩件事之間有一個往回指的箭頭：這件事 ← 因為那件事。「because」就是把「結果」勾回「原因」的那個字，它把你的注意力指向「是什麼讓另一件事發生的」。原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
becauseconj/bɪkəz/
- 1
By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
- I hid myself because I was afraid.
- I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
- 2
As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
- It must be broken, because I pressed the button and nothing happened.
- I don't think he is a nice person, because he yells at people for no reason.
- 3
obsoleteSo that, in order that.
- Simon[…]set the house on fire where he was born, because nobody should point at it.
becauseadv/bɪkəz/
- 1
On account, for sake [with of].
- My life is ruined because of you!
- 2
obsoleteFor the reason [with that].
- And God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his worke, which God created and made.
becauseintj/bɪkəz/
- 1
Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer to a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".
becauseprep/bɪkəz/
- 1
On account of, because of.
- He rejected me because revenge, I guess.
- It doesn't work because reasons.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。