2006年考研英语第22题有一句不懂

Question

22.According to the author,the department stores of the 19th century ________.
[A] played a role in the spread of popular culture
[B] became intimate shops for common consumers
[C] satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite
[D] owed its emergence to the culture of consumption
d里面owed its emergence 什么意思，这是怎么用的啊

Answer 1

owe----to ，把------归因为
百货商店的兴起是因为消费文化的出现

Answer 2

归结于，归因于，归咎于的意思~~

Answer 3

第一个回答是错误的，别再误导人了！！！正确是意思恰恰相反，是“百货商店发起了消费文化”

Answer 4

owe sth to sth 是个词组 把什么归咎于什么