【語法和句型】

1. Nearly three-quarters said they did not have to keep their romance a secret but 7 percent said they had left a job due to an office romance.
近四分之三的人稱自己的辦公室戀情不用保密，而7%的人則因此而離職。

duo to 表示“由于”，例如：

Her absence is due to illness.
她因病缺席。

due to 還有“欠下債〔賬〕，應(yīng)給予”的意思，例如：

You have not given what is due to me.
你欠我的錢還沒有還。

2. The survey of 8,038 full-time adult employees was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder.com.
這項在線調(diào)查由凱業(yè)必達網(wǎng)站委托哈里斯互動調(diào)查機構(gòu)開展，共有8038名全職成年雇員參加。

on behalf of 表示“代表…… ”，例如：

At the airport he read an address of welcome on behalf of the association.
在機場上他代表該協(xié)會致了歡迎詞。

on behalf of 還能表示“為了……的利益”，例如：

He spoke on behalf of the plan.
他為這項計劃辯護。