causes
原因,起因,事业,原因是
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Definitions
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- : a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- : the reason or motive for some human action: The good news was a cause for rejoicing.
- : good or sufficient reason: to complain without cause; to be dismissed for cause.
- : Law. a ground of legal action; the matter over which a person goes to law.a case for judicial decision.
- : any subject of discussion or debate.
- : a principle, ideal, goal, or movement to which a person or group is dedicated: the Socialist cause; the human rights cause.
- : the welfare of a person or group, seen as a subject of concern: support for the cause of the American Indian.
- : Philosophy. the end or purpose for which a thing is done or produced.Aristotelianism.any of the four things necessary for the movement or the coming into being of a thing, namely a material , something to act upon it , a form taken by the movement or development , and a goal or purpose .
Phrases
- cause a commotion
- cause raised eyebrows
- lost cause
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Examples
Maybe you’re thinking about making a donation to the cause as you watch wildfires burning in California, ice shelves shattering in the Arctic, and glaciers breaking loose in Antarctica, all at the same time.
While Seager and her team have thoroughly ruled out known natural causes for phosphine on Venus, the planet could very well be home to geochemistry we’ve never thought possible.
We need to ensure that girls’ education is not ignored, and that we do not lose focus of this cause.
The causes of many of the other fires across the region are still being investigated.
Erdogan’s popularity with Palestinians reflects his long championing of their struggle for nationhood and comes as their cause has slid down the list of regional concerns, sidelined by Israel’s wooing of the Gulf states.
The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.
In addition to visiting the tomb of John Paul, who died of natural causes in 2005, Agca asked to see his successor, Pope Francis.
Then, Rogen convinces Franco to drink some contaminated water from a stream—which causes the 127 Hours Oscar nominee to dry-heave.
Beat the Blahs What causes this wintertime down-in-the-dumps attitude?
Understandably, many of these celebrities choose causes that are personal to them or easy to explain or understand.
Whether advocates and orators had liberty to plead in causes, manifestly known to be unjust, vexatious, or oppressive?