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没料到芝麻大的事儿竟会引起这样一场轩然大波。

Who could have thought that a trivial matter would cause such a stir (or cause so much agitation)? → 轩然大波

直接原因

immediate cause; direct cause → 直接

这场森林大火可能是由天火引起的。

The great forest fire may have had a natural cause instead of a human cause. → 天火

百年大业

a cause of vital and lasting importance → 百年

标本同治

treat a disease by looking into both its root cause and symptoms → 标本

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