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| 詞匯 | cause |
| 釋義 | cause/k?:z/ n [-s / ?z/]; v [-s/ ?z/,-d,-d/d/, -e\ing / ? ?/] n(1)原(起)因(thing,event,act,person,etc that makes sth happen or leads to a certain result)[C][N(of)]:What was the~of the fire/the accident/ the explosion/the delay/the argument/the misunderstanding/the war/the heart disease? 火災(zāi)/事故/爆炸/耽擱/爭(zhēng)論/誤會(huì)/戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)/心臟病的起因是什么? the~of the epidemic spreading so quickly 流行病傳播這么快的原因;seek the~of cancer尋找癌癥的誘因;This man is the~of all the trouble/his mother's nervous breakdown.這個(gè)人是所有這一切麻煩/他母親精神崩潰的禍?zhǔn)?。die of natural~s 自然死亡;〖同〗 reason,source;〖反〗effect,result,consequence; (2)理由(reason for an action)[U][N(for)]:I have no (plenty of/very little)~for anxiety/alarm/complaint.我毫無(完全有/幾乎沒有)擔(dān)憂/驚慌/抱怨的理由。I have no(plenty of/very little)~to complain/to treat him so badly. 我毫無(完全有/幾乎沒有)抱怨/如此虐待他的理由。There is (no)~for anxiety/complaint. (沒)有擔(dān)憂/抱怨的理由。complain/be dismissed without (good)~沒有(充分)理由抱怨/被解雇;complain/be dismissed for (good)~有(充分)理由抱怨/被解雇;Years of training gave him every~of confidence.多年的訓(xùn)練給了他自信的充分理由?!纪絞rounds,reason; (3)事業(yè)(idea or goal to which many people are dedicated)[C]:(devote one's life to/die for/fight for/work for)the~of liberty/justice/democracy/world peace(為)自由/正義/民主/世界和平(獻(xiàn)身/獻(xiàn)身/戰(zhàn)斗/工作);in the~of peace在和平事業(yè)中;be sympathetic to sb's~同情某人的事業(yè);〖同〗 purpose,object,aim; (4)訴訟案子(question to be resolved in a court of law)[C]:plead one's~為某人的案子辯護(hù); →′causative adj作為原因的;′causeless adj無原因(理由)的;′causal adj原因的,因果關(guān)系的;cau′sality n 因果關(guān)系; v引起,導(dǎo)致,造成(be the cause of sth;bring about;make sth happen)[T+n,D+n+n,D+n+prep(for/to),C+n+to-inf]:What~d the accident/the explosion/the flood/the illness/the lung cancer/the death?是什么引起的事故/爆炸/洪水/疾病/肺癌/死亡? What~d the harm/the damage/the confusion/the difficulty/the delay? 是什么造成的傷害/損失/混亂/困難/耽擱? Germs~disease. 細(xì)菌引起疾病?!玸b trouble/inconvenience/unhappiness/pain/grief/anxiety給某人造成麻煩/不便/不幸/痛苦/悲傷/焦慮;~trouble/concern to sb 給某人造成麻煩/憂慮;~sb to change his mind/plants to die使得某人改變主意/造成植物死亡;~sb to jump back嚇了某人一跳;〖同〗 bring about,lead to;〖反〗prevent; 【辨異】 1)cause 與 occasion都可指造成什么的起因。cause 指長時(shí)間以來或恒久的狀況下產(chǎn)生影響作用的力量;而occasion(偶爾,附帶的原因)指提供機(jī)會(huì)使影響得以明顯化或促使影響明顯化的事件,如:The cause of the quarrel between the two men was jealousy,but the occasion was the fact that only one man's wages were increased.(那兩個(gè)人的爭(zhēng)吵是出于嫉妒,而其直接原因則是只有一個(gè)人漲了工資。)2)cause與reason、ground和motive語義相近,不可混淆。cause 是指事情發(fā)生的“原因”,如:the cause of the fire(火災(zāi)的起因);reason是人們用于解釋某事物的“原因”,如:the reason for one's resignation(某人辭職的原因);兩者還都可表示“理由”(說明某一解釋人們是可以接受的),如:have no cause for suspicion/no reason to suspect sb(沒有理由懷疑某人);ground(理由,根據(jù))語體色彩較為正式,尤用于法律方面,通常用復(fù)數(shù),如:have no good grounds for believing sth(沒有充分理由相信某事);motive(動(dòng)機(jī),目的)表示人們內(nèi)心中欲做某事的愿望,如:one's motive for doing sth(某人做某事的動(dòng)機(jī))。3)cause與bring about和make都表示使某結(jié)果、事件等發(fā)生,但用法不同。cause(引起)與bring about(引起)都可接表示直接結(jié)果的賓語,其中bring about語體色彩較正式,原因較間接,如:Films can cause harm.(電影能造成傷害。)Wars bring about a reduction in the birth-rate.(戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)引起出生率降低。)cause 還可接雙賓語結(jié)構(gòu),如:cause sb harm(給某人造成危害);cause(導(dǎo)致)與 make(致使)都可用于C+n+(to)-inf結(jié)構(gòu),表示“導(dǎo)致”、“致使”的意思,此時(shí)皆不可變?yōu)楸粍?dòng)語態(tài),如:Pepper causes people to sneeze/makes people sneeze.(胡椒使人打噴嚏。)make 還可表示“迫使”的意思,這時(shí)可變?yōu)楸粍?dòng)語態(tài),如:They made him leave. He was made to leave.(他們迫使他離開。他被迫離開。) |
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