owe... to ... 歸咎于...
attribute...to...把原因歸為...
high achievers owe their success mostly to nurture.
成就高的人成功的主要原因是后天的培養。
high achievers = those who have high achievements.
nurture v/n.養育,栽培
nutrition n.營養
According to the author, the department stores of the 19th century owed its emergence to the culture of consumption.
在作者看來,19世紀百貨商店的出現原因是消費文化。
supermarket = department store 百貨商店
emergence n.出現,新生事物的出現
emerge v.出現
emerging countries 新興國家
emerging economies 新興的經濟體
she owers the accident to her negligence.
她把事故的原因歸咎為她的疏忽。
知識點二:the softening economy
同義替換的多變化
the softening economy
the slowing economy
the slowdown
the economy is cooling