cause
v. 導致,引起
n. 原因; 理由; 事業; 訴訟案
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...
在可以預防的引發死亡和疾病的因素當中,吸菸排在第一位。
The causes are a complex blend of local and national tensions.
原因很複雜,既有地方性衝突也有全國範圍的緊張局勢。
To cause something, usually something bad, means to make it happen.
Attempts to limit family size among some minorities are likely to cause problems...
試圖在某些少數民族地區限制生育可能會引起問題。
This was a genuine mistake, but it did cause me some worry.
這是好心辦錯事,可是確實讓我擔心了一陣子。
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...
只有少數幾個人能找到慶祝的理由。
Both had much cause to be grateful for the secretiveness of government in Britain.
雙方都有充分的理由對英國政府的行事隱秘深表感激。
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.
拒絕推舉一名領導者對此項事業毫無幫助。
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.
生物學上因果關係的根本法則
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.
They make common cause for a few purposes, but for the most part, they pursue their own interests.
他們因為幾個目的而聯手,可是多數情況下,他們追逐著各自的利益。
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.
想要為公益事業籌集資金的人都可以參加雷利國際腳踏車比賽。
1. events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something;
2. a justification for something existing or happening;
3. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end;
4. any entity that causes events to happen
5. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;
1. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally;
2. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
cause, reason, excuse
這些名詞均有"原因"之意。
effect, cause, produce, realize
這些動詞均有"產生,實現"之意。
make, cause, get, have, render
這些動詞均有"使,使得"之意。
cause and effect
因果性,因果律
cause of action
(律)訴訟理由
in the cause of
為了…事業,捍衛,支援
make common cause
(為達到共同目標而)聯合
a rebel without a cause
無由的反叛者(對社會不滿但沒有具體奮鬥目標的人)
A cause of action has accrued when the right to sue has become vested.
起訴的理由在控告權被賦予後隨之存在.
In this matter we must place the common cause above all else.
在這件事情上,我們必須把共同事業放在高於一切的位置上.
They found a similar drug being tested against a rhinovirus — another cause of the common cold.
他們又發現了一種類似的用於對抗鼻病毒的藥物,這種病毒是誘發普通感冒的另一個原因.
Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another.
我們的牧師老是在為這樁或那樁事募款.
A bad tooth may cause an abscess on the gums.
一顆病牙可使牙床膿腫.