由于加拿大婚姻法的改变,所以很多美国同性恋者去了加拿大结婚。

Because of the change in Canadian marriage laws, many American homosexuals came to Canada to get married.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 由于 yóu
  1. due to
  2. as a result of
  3. thanks to
  4. owing to
  5. since
  6. because
2 加拿大 Jiā Canada
3 婚姻法 hūnyīn marriage law
=4 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=4 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=4 really and truly
=4 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
5 改变 gǎibiàn
  1. to change
  2. to alter
  3. to transform
6 所以 suǒ
  1. therefore
  2. as a result
  3. so
  4. the reason why
7 很多 hěnduō many; much; a lot
8 美国 Měiguó United States; USA; US
9 同性恋者 tóngxìngliànzhě
  1. homosexual
  2. gay person
10
  1. to go
  2. to go to (a place)
  3. (of a time etc) last
  4. just passed
  5. to send
  6. to remove
  7. to get rid of
  8. to reduce
  9. to be apart from in space or time
  10. to die (euphemism)
  11. to play (a part)
  12. (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  13. (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  14. (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
=11 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=11 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=11 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=11 liào unofficial variant of liào
12 加拿大 Jiā Canada
13 结婚 jiéhūn
  1. to marry
  2. to get married

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