原故 meaning in English
cause; reason
Examples
- It is its being so old and grey, perhaps .
也许因为它太老太灰暗的原故吧。 - It was my doing, then, that he couldn't get out .
这么说来，他没能逃出来是由于我的原故。 - This is because of the relative paucity of hybridization in the fungi as compared with green plants .
这是因为真菌中的杂交同绿色植物比较起来相对贫乏的原故。 - A giraffe acquired the genetic specification for a long neck through generations of browsing upon the upper foliage of trees .
长颈鹿获得遗传的特征长脖子是由于它们世世代代啮食树上部的树叶的原故。 - Trying to avoid collision or otherwise : skidding
试图避免相撞或为其他原故：滑胎