cause

caused 是 cause 的过去分词/过去式,页面展示原形释义。
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  • n. 原因;事业;目标
  • vt. 引起;使遭受
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记忆方法

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为了记住单词“cause”,可以将其拆分为“co”和“use”。想象这个单词的“co”代表共同,而“use”代表用途。所以,“cause”可以理解为“共同的原因”,即导致某事物发生的原因或理由。通过这种关联记忆法,单词“cause”就与“共同原因”这一概念联系起来。
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词族 · cause

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中文词源

cause 原因

来自拉丁词causa, 原因,词源同because.

英语词源

cause
cause: [13] Cause comes via Old French cause from Latin causa, which as well as ‘reason’ meant ‘law-suit’; this was carried over into English legal language (it survives in terms such as cause-list ‘list of cases to be tried’) and its use in expressions like ‘plead someone’s cause’ led in the late 16th century to a more general application ‘goal or principle pursued or supported’. French chose ‘thing’ also comes from Latin causa, in the weakened sense ‘matter, subject’.
=> excuse
cause (n.)
c. 1200, "reason for action, grounds for action; motive," from Old French cause "cause, reason; lawsuit, case in law" (12c.), and directly from Latin causa "a cause; a reason; interest; judicial process, lawsuit," which is of unknown origin. In English, sense of "matter of concern; side taken in controversy" is from c. 1300; that of "the source of an effect" is early 14c.; meaning "reason for something taking place" is late 14c. Cause célèbre "celebrated legal case" is 1763, from French. Cause why? "for what reason?" is in Chaucer.
cause (v.)
late 14c., "produce an effect," also "impel, compel," from Old French causer "to cause" (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin causare, from Latin causa "a cause; a reason; interest; judicial process, lawsuit," which is of unknown origin. Related: Caused; causing. Classical Latin causari meant "to plead, to debate a question."

权威例句

1. His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems.
他对语言的误解是引起其他问题的主要原因。
2. Accidents are still the number one cause of premature death for Americans.
交通事故仍然是造成美国人过早死亡的头号因素。
3. Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter.
投资可能会中断,而这会引起经济衰退。
4. This was a genuine mistake, but it did cause me some worry.
这是好心办错事,可是确实让我担心了一阵子。
5. Premature birth is the main cause of perinatal mortality.
早产是临产死亡的主要原因。

词语辨析

【realize, cause, effect, produce】
这组词都有“产生、实现”的意思,其区别是:
realize: 着重指把过去的计划或意愿变成现实。
cause: 强调事物的因果关系。
effect: 侧重成功地完成一件要做的事情,强调结果或影响。
produce: 侧重有意或无意地产生出好的或坏的,实际可见的效果。

【cause, get, have, make, render】
这组词都有“使,使得”的意思,其区别是:
cause: 正式用词,侧重指使某事发生的原因。
get: 侧重指劝某人做某事,或指使某事物处于某种状态或产生某种结果。
have: 普通用词,指让某人做某事。
make: 普通用词,指强迫或劝诱他人做某事。
render: 书面用词,多指因外界因素而使某人或某物处于某种状态。

【cause, reason, excuse】
这组词都有“原因”的意思,其区别是:
cause: 指直接导致事情发生的原因,与所发生的事个有因果关系。
reason: 强调指从逻辑推理上得出的结论性原因,不是直接说明起因。
excuse: 指为自己辩解,希望得到谅解时所提出的种种理由,是借口性的理由。

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