【答案】 hrough prep(连词).
(1)从……通过,穿过
e. g. The River Thames flows through London. 泰晤士河流经伦敦.
比较：across是从平面或表面穿过,如across the street, 而along 是沿着……走.
(2)在……中,一直到
e. g. She nursed me through my long illness.我病了很长时间,她都一直护理着我.
(3)经历,经受
e. g. He was through too much during the war. 战争中他经历了太多.
(4)通过
e. g. We got the news through our friend. 我们通过朋友得到了这个消息.
He got the job through his uncle. 他通过他叔叔得到了这份工作.
(5)(指原因、理由)由于,因为,相当于because of 和as a result.
e. g. We missed the plane through being held up on the motorway.
由于高速公路上交通堵塞,我们误了班机.
e. g. I lost the job through no fault of mine.我失去了工作并不是由于我自己的原因.
