介词through的一种特殊用法

摘要

高中英语第二册(下)第87课有这样一句:On reading it, he found that a servant ofthe family in France had been put in prison,through no fault of his own.在教学实践中,我们发现学生对此句中介词through不能理解,无法翻译。其实这里是介词through的一种特殊用法,不能将其译成通常的“通过”,对此,配套教参和课本后注释均未作说明。这里through的确切含义应该是:be-