Reason

我推想他没有来是因为他的老爷车又抛锚了。

如果顶钉调整不当，可能使铸件报废。

你为什么不愿听从道理?

他们的理智的基础并不牢固。

告诉我为何他拒绝听从我的劝告。

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reason n 1 [C, U] ~ (for sth/doing sth); ~ (to do sth); ~ (why.../that...) (fact put forward as or serving as the) cause of, motive for or justification for sth 原因; 动机; 理由 for one/some reason or other 由於某种原因 have adequate/sufficient reason for doing sth 有充分的[足够的]理由做某事 all the more reason for doing/to do sth 做某事的更为充足的理由 Give me your reasons for going/the reasons foryour going. 告诉我你去的动机. There is/We have (good) reason to believe that he is lying. 有[我们有]（充分的）理由认为他说谎. Is there any (particular) reason why you can't come? 你有什麽（特殊的）原因不能来? The reason why I'm late is that/because I missed the bus. 我迟到的原因是没赶上公共汽车. My reason is that the cost will be too high. 我的理由是费用太高. We aren't going, for the simple reason that we can't afford it. 我们不去, 原因很简单: 我们负担不起. She complained, with reason (ie rightly), that she had been underpaid. 她抱怨她工资一直很低, 这也不无道理. =>Usage 见所附用法. 2 [U] power of the mind to think, understand, form opinions, etc 思考、 理解、 推想等的能力; 理性 Only man has reason. 只有人类才有理性. 3 one's/sb's reason [sing] one's/sb's sanity 自己的[某人的]理智 lose one's reason/senses, ie go mad 失去理智（即发疯） We feared for her reason, ie were afraid that she might go mad. 我们担心她可能失去理智. 4 [U] what is right or practical or possible; common sense or judgement 道理; 情理; 明智; 常识; 常理 see/listen to/hear/be open to (ie be prepared to accept) reason 讲道理（服理） There's a good deal of reason in what you say. 你的话很有道理. 5 (idm 习语) be,yond/,past all `reason not reasonable or acceptable 不合道理的; 无法接受的 Her outrageous remarks were/went beyond all reason. 她那些无礼的话全无道理. ,bring sb to `reason; ,make sb see `reason make sb stop acting foolishly, resisting uselessly, etc 使某人停止愚蠢的举动、 无谓的抵抗等. by reason of sth (fml 文) because of sth 因为或由於某事物 He was excused by reason of his age. 他因年高而获宥. for reasons/some reason best known to one`self (esp joc 尤作戏谑语) for reasons that are hard for others to understand or discover 出於惟本人才知道的原因 For reasons best known to himself, he drinks tea from a beer glass. 谁都猜不透他为什麽要用啤酒杯子喝茶. (do anything) in/within `reason sensible or reasonable 理智的; 合理的 I'll do anything within reason to earn my living. 为了谋生, 只要是正当的事我什麽事都做. lose all reason => lose. rhyme or reason => rhyme n. it/that ,stands to `reason it/that is obvious to everyone 这是人人都清楚的 It stands to reason that nobody will work without pay. 做工作不能白做, 这是明摆著的事. reason, NOTE ON USAGE 用法 A cause (of something) is what makes something happen *cause指事物发生的原因 The police are investigating the cause of the explosion. 警方正在调查爆炸的原因. The causes of the First World War. 第一次世界大战的起因. Reason (for something) has a wider use. *reason一词用法较广. It can be the explanation that people give for why something is done 可用以解释做某事的原因或理由 What was the reason for his resignation? ? She didn't give any reasons for leaving. 她未做任何解释就走了. Reason, justification and cause (for something) can indicate that the explanation is acceptable to people in general, or reasonable *reason...

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*['ri:zn]n. 理由, 原因, 理智, 道理, 前提, 理性vt. 说服, 推论, 辩论vi. 推论, 劝说, 思考【法】 理由, 原因, 道理; 推理, 推想, 思考相关词组: bring sb to reason reason with sb for reason with sb against as reason was by reason of by reason that for no other reason than that out of all reason with reason without reason It stands to reason that...

理由，原因，推理