443. The cause of higher prices was an increase in demand.
译文价格上升的原因在于需求的增加。
点睛本句中包含的句型为the cause of...is/was...,用来揭示某一事实或者现象的原因。可以直接将the cause of后面的名词或者名词性短语以及be动词后的表语进行替换,其中,cause可以改为reason。但是,如果将cause替换为reason,则应该注意与二者搭配的介词不同:与cause搭配的是of,而与reason搭配的是for。
句型拓展The reason prices go higher was that there was an increase in demand. 价格上升的原因在于需求的增加。
The reason for higher prices was an increase in demand. 价格上升的原因在于需求的增加。
The higher prices are caused by the increase in demand. 价格上升是由需求增加引起的。