由于天气变差，出发延迟了。

With the weather getting worse, the departure was put off.

Due to the worsening weather, the departure was delayed.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 由于 yóuyú
  1. due to
  2. as a result of
  3. thanks to
  4. owing to
  5. since
  6. because
2 天气 tiānqì weather
3 变差 biànchà
  1. (mathematics) variation (term for various concepts related to continuity and measure in mathematical analysis)
  2. to become worse; to worsen; to deteriorate
  3. variation (term for various concepts related to continuity and measure in mathematical analysis)
4 出发 chūfā
  1. to set off
  2. to start (on a journey)
5 延迟 yánchí
  1. to delay
  2. to postpone
  3. to keep putting sth off
  4. to procrastinate
  5. (computing) to lag
=6 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 无 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 了 liǎo)
=6 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=6 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào