Cause

[kɔːz] or [kɔz]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a justification for something existing or happening; 'he had no cause to complain'; 'they had good reason to rejoice'.

(noun.) events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something; 'they are trying to determine the cause of the crash'.

(verb.) give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; 'cause a commotion'; 'make a stir'; 'cause an accident'.

安德鲁手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v.) That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

(v.) That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.

(v.) Sake; interest; advantage.

(v.) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.

(v.) Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.

(v.) The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.

(n.) To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.

(v. i.) To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

(conj.) Abbreviation of Because.

編輯:莉齐

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Origin, original, source, spring, mainspring.[2]. Ground, reason, motive, consideration, account, inducement, incentive, incitement, efficient cause.[3]. Purpose, object, aim, final cause.[4]. Effort, undertaking, enterprise.[5]. (Law.) Suit, action, case, trial.

v. a. [1]. Produce, create, originate, occasion, give rise to, bring into existence.[2]. Effect, bring about.

校對:罗赞

同義詞及反義詞：

[See PRODUCE]

SYN:Source, origin, producer, agent, creator, purpose, inducement, reason, account,principle, motive, object, suit, action

ANT:Effect, result, accomplishment, end, production, issue, preventive

手打:托马斯

解釋/意思:

n. that which produces an effect: that by or through which anything happens: motive: inducement: a legal action between contending parties: sake advantage: that side of a question which is taken up by an individual or party: (Shak.) accusation: (Shak.) matter affair in general.—v.t. to produce: to make to exist: to bring about: (Spens.) to give excuses.—conj. (dial.) because.—adj. Caus′al relating to a cause or causes.—n. Causal′ity the working of a cause: (phren.) the faculty of tracing effects to their causes.—adv. Caus′ally according to the order of causes.—ns. Causā′tion the act of causing: the bringing about of an effect; the relation of cause and effect; Causā′tionism the theory of causation; Causā′tionist a believer in the foregoing.—adj. Caus′ative expressing causation.—n. a form of verb or noun expressing such.—adv. Caus′atively.—adj. Cause′less having no cause or occasion.—adv. Cause′lessly.—ns. Cause′lessness; Caus′er one who causes an effect to be produced.—Cause c閘鑒re a convenient French term for a specially interesting and important legal trial criminal or civil.—Final cause the end or object for which a thing is done esp. the design of the universe; First cause the original cause or creator of all.—Hour of cause (Scot.) hour or time of trial.—Secondary causes such as are derived from a primary or first cause.—Have or Show cause to have to give reasons for a certain line of action; Make common cause (with) to unite for a common object; Show cause (Eng. law) to argue against the confirmation of a provisional order or judgment.—For Occasional causes see Occasionalism.

整理:塞尔瓦托