cause
n.(名词)
The producer of an effect, result, or consequence.
缘故,原因:一种影响、结果或后果的制造者
The one, such as a person, an event, or a condition, that is responsible for an action or a result.
起因:对某种行为或结果的发生产生作用的人、事或条件
A basis for an action or a response; a reason:
理由,动机,根据:行为或反应的基础;原因:
例句:
The doctor`s report gave no cause for alarm.
医生的报告没有给出发警报的根据
A goal or principle served with dedication and zeal:
目标,理想:以献身精神和热情追求的目标和原则:
例句:
.the cause of freedom versus tyranny.(Hannah Arendt)
.反对暴政的自由理想.(汉娜·阿伦特)
The interests of a person or group engaged in a struggle:
利益:参与斗争的人或集团的利益:
例句:
.The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind.(Thomas Paine)
.美国所争取的利益大抵上就是全人类所争取的利益.(托马斯·佩恩)
Law
【法律】
A ground for legal action.
诉因:法律诉讼的根据
A lawsuit.
诉讼
A subject under debate or discussion.
辩论或讨论中的主题
v.tr.(及物动词)
caused,caus.ing,caus.es
To be the cause of or reason for; result in.
成为…的原因;导致
To bring about or compel by authority or force:
造成…,促使…:利用权威或武力促成或强迫:
例句:
The moderator invoked a rule causing the debate to be ended.
仲裁人引用了一项规则使辩论终止
来源:
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin causa [reason, purpose]
源自 拉丁语 causa [原因,目的]
【引伸】
caus.able
adj.(形容词)
cause.less
adj.(形容词)
caus.er
n.(名词)
<参考词汇><同义词>cause,reason,occasion,antecedentThese nouns denote what brings about or is associated with an effect or result. A
这些名词意指带来或关于某种影响或结果的原因。
cause is an agent or condition that permits the occurrence of an effect or necessarily or ineluctably leads to a result:
Cause 是允许一种效果的发生或必然、必要导致结果发生的动因或条件:
例句:
.He is not only dull in himself,but the cause of dullness in others. (Samuel Foote).
.他不仅仅是自己愚蠢,而且是引起他人愚蠢的原因. (塞缪尔·福特)。
Reason refers to what explains the occurrence or nature of an effect:
Reason 是指解释某种效果的发生或性质的措辞:
例句:
There was no obvious reason for the accident.
这场事故没有明显的缘由。
Occasion is a situation that permits or stimulates existing causes to come into play:
Occasion 是一种允许或激发既存原因发生作用的情形:
例句:
.Such were the causes; but the immediate occasion of his departure . . . was the favorable opportunity . . . of migrating in a pleasant way. (Thomas De Quincey).
.这就是原因;但使得他离开的直接动因…是能够舒服地移居的诱人机会。. (托马斯·德·昆西)。
Antecedent refers to what has gone before and implies a relationship—but not necessarily a causal one—with what ensues:
Antecedent 指先发生并且暗示着与后继者之间的关系—虽不必然是因果关系—的原因:
例句:
Some of the antecedents of World War II lie in economic conditions in Europe following World War I.
第二次世界大战的某些前因在于第一次世界大战后的经济情况