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- cause [kɔz] [kɔːz]
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1.
noun
原因，起因
- The cause of the death is still a mystery.
- 死因仍旧是个谜团。
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2.
noun
成为原因或起因的人（或物）；根源
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3.
noun
（某种行为、感情等的）理由，缘由，缘故；动机；根据
- cause for complaint
- 抱怨的缘由
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4.
noun
事业，（奋斗的）目标或运动（尤指社会改革运动）
- The cause of this foundation is to help women with breast cancer.
- 创立这一基金的主旨是为了帮助那些患乳腺癌的妇女。
- She is a kind person who is always fighting for good causes.
- 她是一个善良的人，一直都在为高尚的事业而奋斗。
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5.
noun
[legal]
诉讼（案件），讼事，诉因
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6.
vt.
起因于；给…带来，造成，使遭受；使产生，致使（发生），招致，导致，引起
- I can't determine what exactly caused the fire.
- 我无法断定究竟是什么引起的火灾。
- The pollution of some cities is causing a lot of health problems for the residents.
- 一些城市的污染给当地居民造成了健康问题。
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1.
noun
原因，起因
Collins English-English Dictionary
- cause [kɔːz]
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n
a person, thing, event, state, or action that produces an effect
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2.
n
grounds for action; motive; justification
- she had good cause to shout like that
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3.
n
the ideals, etc, of a group or movement
- the Communist cause
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4.
n
the welfare or interests of a person or group in a dispute
- they fought for the miners' cause
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n
a matter of widespread concern or importance
- the cause of public health
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n
a ground for legal action; matter giving rise to a lawsuit
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n
the lawsuit itself
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n
(in the philosophy of Aristotle) any of four requirements for a thing's coming to be, namely material (material cause), its nature (formal cause), an agent (efficient cause), and a purpose (final cause)
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vt.
[tr]
to be the cause of; bring about; precipitate; be the reason for
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10.
vt.
[Etymology]
C13: from Latin causa cause, reason, motive
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1.
n
a person, thing, event, state, or action that produces an effect
Examples
- Fell'is a causative verb meaning "to cause to fall".fell
- 是个使役动词，意为“使倒下”。 → causative
- cause for complaint
- 抱怨的缘由 → cause
- the efficient cause
- 直接生效的原因 → efficient
- to enlist men in a cause
- 在某项事业中谋取人们的赞助
- a final cause
- 最终的事业 → final
- to fight for a cause
- 为一个事业而斗争 → for
- to give one's life for a cause
- 为一事业而献身 → give
- an immediate cause
- 直接原因，近因 → immediate
- liable to cause hard feelings
- 容易引起敌意的 → liable
- a likely cause
- 一个可信的理由 → likely
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