cause[kɒ:z]
汉语翻译
n. 原因, 目标
vt. 引起, 使产生, 使遭受
【医】 原因
相关词组:
make common cause with
without reason or cause
cause sb to do sth
cause sth to be done
词型变化
名词:causer 动词过去式:caused 过去分词:caused 现在分词:causing 第三人称单数:causes 形容词:causable
词意辨析
cause, reason, excuse这些名词均有“原因”之意。
cause: 指直接导致事情发生的原因，与所发生的事有因果关系。
reason: 强调指从逻辑推理上得出的结论性原因，不是直接说明起因。
excuse: 指为自己辩解，希望得到谅解时所提出的种种理由，是借口性的理由。make, cause, get, have, render这些动词均有“使、使得”之意。
make: 普通用词，指强迫或劝诱他人做某事。
cause: 正式用词，侧重指使某事发生的原因。
get: 侧重指劝某人做某事，或指使某事物处于某种状态或产生某种结果。
have: 普通用词，指让某人做某事。
render: 书面用词，多指因外界因素而使某人或某物处于某种状态。
英语解释
名词 cause:
- events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
- a justification for something existing or happening同义词：reason, grounds
- a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end同义词：campaign, crusade, drive, movement, effort
- any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results同义词：causal agent, causal agency
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy同义词：lawsuit, suit, case, causa
动词 cause:
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally同义词：do, make
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner同义词：induce, stimulate, have, get, make
例句
- What caused his illness?是什么使他生病？
- Don't complain without good cause.没有充分的理由就不要抱怨。
详细解释
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,antecedent同义词>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。 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