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cause vt.引起；使发生n.原因；理由；事业 (1) 吸烟可致肺癌。(2) 警方正在调查爆炸的原因。(3) 你没有理由抱怨。(4) 争取世界和平是一项我们都应该为之而努力的事业。(5) 她愿为高尚的事业捐款。 Cause can also mean something worth fighting for — like social justice or animal rights. You might raise money for a good cause, like ending poverty. Once the doctor determines the cause of your illness, she might make it her personal cause to discover a cure. The verb cause is all about the action of producing an effect, like when you slice onions and it causes your eyes to water.

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英 [kɔːz] 美 [kɔːz] (1) Smoking can cause lung cancer.(2) Police are investigating the causes of the explosion.(3) You have no cause for complaint.(4) World peace is a cause we should all work for.(5) She is willing to donate money to a worthy cause. A cause makes an effect, and you're likely to hear the phrase, "cause and effect," when people are trying to analyze how things happen. 1(常指坏事的)原因，诱因 The cause of an event, usually a bad event, is the thing that makes it happen. Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of death and disease...在可以预防的引发死亡和疾病的因素当中，吸烟排在第一位。The causes are a complex blend of local and national tensions.原因很复杂，既有地方性冲突也有全国范围的紧张局势。2引起；导致 To cause something, usually something bad, means to make it happen. Attempts to limit family size among some minorities are likely to cause problems...试图在某些少数民族地区限制生育可能会引起问题。This was a genuine mistake, but it did cause me some worry.这是好心办错事，可是确实让我担心了一阵子。...a protein that gets into animal cells and attacks other proteins, causing disease to spread.进入动物细胞内攻击其他蛋白质、从而导致疾病传播的蛋白质...the damage to Romanian democracy caused by events of the past few days.过去几天发生的事件对罗马尼亚民主政体的危害3理由；缘由 If you have cause for a particular feeling or action, you have good reasons for feeling it or doing it. Only a few people can find any cause for celebration...只有少数几个人能找到庆祝的理由。Both had much cause to be grateful for the secretiveness of government in Britain.双方都有充分的理由对英国政府的行事隐秘深表感激。4See also:lost cause；事业；追求；目标；理想 A cause is an aim or principle which a group of people supports or is fighting for. Refusing to have one leader has not helped the cause.拒绝推举一名领导者对此项事业毫无帮助。5因果；因果关系 You use cause and effect to talk about the way in which one thing is caused by another. ...fundamental laws of biological cause and effect.生物学上因果关系的根本法则6(为了特定目的)与…联手，与…配合 If one group of people makes common cause with another, they act together in order to achieve a particular aim even though their aims and beliefs are normally very different.   [JOURNALISM 新闻]They make common cause for a few purposes, but for the most part, they pursue their own interests.他们因为几个目的而联手，可是多数情况下，他们追逐着各自的利益。7为了公益事业；为了行善 If you say that something is in a good cause or for a good cause, you mean that it is worth doing or giving to because it will help other people, for example by raising money for charity. The Raleigh International Bike Ride is open to anyone who wants to raise money for a good cause.想要为公益事业筹集资金的人都可以参加雷利国际自行车比赛。

英语单词	cause
英美音标	英 [kɔːz] 美 [kɔːz]
中文释义	vt.引起；使发生 n.原因；理由；事业
英语例句	(1) Smoking can cause lung cancer. (2) Police are investigating the causes of the explosion. (3) You have no cause for complaint. (4) World peace is a cause we should all work for. (5) She is willing to donate money to a worthy cause.
中文例句	(1) 吸烟可致肺癌。 (2) 警方正在调查爆炸的原因。 (3) 你没有理由抱怨。 (4) 争取世界和平是一项我们都应该为之而努力的事业。 (5) 她愿为高尚的事业捐款。
vocabulary简明	A cause makes an effect, and you're likely to hear the phrase, "cause and effect," when people are trying to analyze how things happen.
vocabulary扩展	Cause can also mean something worth fighting for — like social justice or animal rights. You might raise money for a good cause, like ending poverty. Once the doctor determines the cause of your illness, she might make it her personal cause to discover a cure. The verb cause is all about the action of producing an effect, like when you slice onions and it causes your eyes to water.
柯林斯解释	1 (常指坏事的)原因，诱因 The cause of an event, usually a bad event, is the thing that makes it happen. Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of death and disease... 在可以预防的引发死亡和疾病的因素当中，吸烟排在第一位。 The causes are a complex blend of local and national tensions. 原因很复杂，既有地方性冲突也有全国范围的紧张局势。 2 引起；导致 To cause something, usually something bad, means to make it happen. Attempts to limit family size among some minorities are likely to cause problems... 试图在某些少数民族地区限制生育可能会引起问题。 This was a genuine mistake, but it did cause me some worry. 这是好心办错事，可是确实让我担心了一阵子。 ...a protein that gets into animal cells and attacks other proteins, causing disease to spread. 进入动物细胞内攻击其他蛋白质、从而导致疾病传播的蛋白质 ...the damage to Romanian democracy caused by events of the past few days. 过去几天发生的事件对罗马尼亚民主政体的危害 3 理由；缘由 If you have cause for a particular feeling or action, you have good reasons for feeling it or doing it. Only a few people can find any cause for celebration... 只有少数几个人能找到庆祝的理由。 Both had much cause to be grateful for the secretiveness of government in Britain. 双方都有充分的理由对英国政府的行事隐秘深表感激。 4 See also:lost cause ；事业；追求；目标；理想 A cause is an aim or principle which a group of people supports or is fighting for. Refusing to have one leader has not helped the cause. 拒绝推举一名领导者对此项事业毫无帮助。 5 因果；因果关系 You use cause and effect to talk about the way in which one thing is caused by another. ...fundamental laws of biological cause and effect. 生物学上因果关系的根本法则 6 (为了特定目的)与…联手，与…配合 If one group of people makes common cause with another, they act together in order to achieve a particular aim even though their aims and beliefs are normally very different. [JOURNALISM 新闻] They make common cause for a few purposes, but for the most part, they pursue their own interests. 他们因为几个目的而联手，可是多数情况下，他们追逐着各自的利益。 7 为了公益事业；为了行善 If you say that something is in a good cause or for a good cause, you mean that it is worth doing or giving to because it will help other people, for example by raising money for charity. The Raleigh International Bike Ride is open to anyone who wants to raise money for a good cause. 想要为公益事业筹集资金的人都可以参加雷利国际自行车比赛。

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