no thanks to

Without the benefit of help from:不受益于：

finally found the house, no thanks to these confusing directions.最后找到了房子，并不受益于这些混乱的指点

thanks to

On account of; because of:因为：

“our national good fortune in having avoided, thanks to the religion clauses of the First Amendment, the dismal possibilities of religious censorship”(Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.)

“我们国家的已避免的好运，是由于第一修正案中的宗教条款，排除了宗教的可能性”(小本诺C.施米特)