cause的用法(2)
caused, causing, causes
10. To be the cause of or reason for; result in.
成为…的原因;导致
11. 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:
用法与例句:
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
cause的词源:
12. Middle English
中古英语
13. from Old French
源自 古法语
14. from Latin causa [reason, purpose]
源自 拉丁语 causa [原因,目的]
cause的词性:
adj.(形容词)
cause的词性:
adj.(形容词)
cause的词性:
n.(名词)
【近义词】
cause, reason, occasion, antecedent
15. These 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。
16. 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:
用法与例句:
“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)。
17. Reason refers to what explains the occurrence or na
ture of an effect:Reason 是指解释某种效果的发生或性质的措辞:
用法与例句:
There was no obvious reason for the accident.
这场事故没有明显的缘由。
18. 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:
用法与例句:
“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)。
19. 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:
用法与例句:
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
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