as a result 和 thus 的用法区別

问题描述

We have received your order and would like to express our appreciation for your business. However, some of the components you selected are out of stock at the moment. _______, your order has been placed on hold, and will be shipped as soon as we are in possession of the CPU chip.

(A) Additionally 

(B) Nevertheless 

(C) Thus 

(D) As a result

答案是 D: As a result.  为什么(C) Thus 不可以选?

老师答疑

刘老师：

我认为，选(C)同样正确。thus 跟as a result 没有什么根本的区别。此题考查这个辨析，实在没有任何意义。请看柯林斯词典对thus的释义：

You use “thus” to show that what you are about to mention is the result or consequence of something else that you have just mentioned.

“你使用thus，是为了说明你要提及的事情是前面已经提到的事情的结果。”

所给句子前后因果关系明确，使用thus 或as a result，都对。

例如：

 Neither of them thought of turning on the lunch-time news. Thus Caroline didn't hear of John's death until Peter telephoned...

两个人谁也没有想到打开电视看午间新闻，所以直到彼得打来电话，卡罗琳才得知约翰的死讯。

Even in a highly skilled workforce some people will be more capable and thus better paid than others.

就算是在技术高度熟练的劳动者中，也会有人能力更强，因此，薪水也就更高。