尽管死因尚未得到官方确认，但鉴于她臭名昭著的滥药和酗酒史，大部分人推断她的死是由于药物过量。
Although the cause of death has not been officially confirmed, most assume she lost her life to an overdose given her reported and tumultuous history with drugs and alcohol.
由于学费大幅上涨，去年美国的助学贷款额度甚至超过了信用卡的欠债额度，有鉴于此，目前的抗议活动并不太令人意外。
This isn't much of a surprise, given soaring tuition costs and the fact that Americans last year began owing more on their student loans than their credit CARDS.
这里的given不是形容词而是介词，意为“由于，鉴于，考虑到）然而女性成绩提高的分数要远大于男性——大得以至于在两性之间不再有明显的区别。
However, theimprovementin the women was greater than the improvement in the men—so much sothat therewas no longer a significant difference between the two.
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