owing

【owing音标】 英[ˈəʊɪŋ] 美[ˈoʊɪŋ]

【单词释义】 owing是什么意思：

adj.欠着的；未付的；应付的v. 欠（钱），负账；归因于，归功于(owe的现在分词)

[单词分级] 英语六级/考研词汇

【单词例句】

◇ Shortly afterwards, the media published a conservative argument objecting to cloning owing to moral problems, and suggested the constitution include compulsory regulations to forbid obtaining commercial profits from cloning.
之后不久，媒体就因为道德问题而发表了反对克隆的保守论点，并且建议宪法应该包括强制性的法规禁止通过克隆获得商业利益。

---- Be Careful about Cloning

◇ Both Dartmouth College and Boston College qualify as universities but use the college label owing to tradition.
达特茅斯学院和波斯顿学院都符合university的标准，但却出于传统原因而使用college的名称。

---- What's the difference between a college and a university?