reasons
原因,理由,原因是,缘由
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- : a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:the reasons for declaring war.
- : a statement presented in justification or explanation of a belief or action: I dare you to give me one good reason for quitting school!
- : sufficient cause, as produced by a situation that makes an act, feeling, etc., obviously proper or appropriate: After the mess he made of our yard, we have good reason to look for another landscaper.
- : the mental powers concerned with forming conclusions, judgments, or inferences: Effective leadership requires a person of reason.
- : sound judgment; good sense.
- : normal or sound powers of mind; sanity.
- : Logic. a premise of an argument.
- : Philosophy. the faculty or power of acquiring intellectual knowledge, either by direct understanding of first principles or by argument.the power of intelligent and dispassionate thought, or of conduct influenced by such thought.Kantianism.the faculty by which the ideas of pure reason are created.
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Examples
We have reason to believe these kinds of viruses spread better when it’s cold.
Today, Feynman’s “dippy process” has become as ubiquitous in physics as calculus, and its mechanics reveal the reasons for some of the discipline’s greatest successes and its current challenges.
There are a number of reasons why a particular virus might be more active during certain times of year.
Comparing these results with 2016 exit polling is tricky for a few reasons.
One of the reasons for this behavior is that consumers who would ordinarily visit stores are buying online to avoid potential exposure to the virus.
When twelve people are killed by violence, whoever they are, for whatever reason, that is a tragedy and a waste.
The research literature, too, asks these questions, and not without reason.
The reason we were liberals is we were against oppression.
There is a larger reason, beyond the airlines themselves, why Lion Air and 61 other Indonesian airlines are on this black list.
Yet, for god knows what reason, his name is never brought up in the “Great American Filmmaker” conversation.
To Americans Mrs. Wright is interesting by reason of her patriotism, which amounted to a passion.
Wordsworth has illustrated how an unwise and importunate demand for a reason from a child may drive him into invention.
And she fell to scolding him in the way he usually loved,—but at the moment found less stimulating for some reason.