单词 | cause |
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音标 | 英[kɔ:z] 美[kɔz] |
解释 | n.原因;动机;理由;事业;vt.成为…的原因;导致;引起;使遭受; |
例句 | (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. 例: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。 例: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。 引起;导致 To cause something, usually something bad, means to make it happen. 例: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。 例: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。 理由;缘由 If you have cause for a particular feeling or action, you have good reasons for feeling it or doing it. 例: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。 例: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。 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. 例: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。 因果;因果关系 You use cause and effect to talk about the way in which one thing is caused by another. 例:...fundamental laws of biological cause and effect.生物学上因果关系的根本法则 (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. 例: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。 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. 例: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。 |
变形 | third:causes~done:caused~pl:causes~ing:causing~past:caused~ |
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