Word · Frequency #23471
causality
因果关系
the relation between causes and effects
- 1.
The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
原因的作用力；原因产生结果的作用或力量。
- 2.
The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship.
发生或存在的事物与其原因之间的关系；因果关系。
原因的作用力；原因产生结果的作用或力量。；发生或存在的事物与其原因之间的关系；因果关系。；因果关系；[化] 因果性
In use
In science class, we learned about causality and how one event can lead to another.
To test causality, researchers changed one factor and kept the others the same.
The causality between lack of sleep and poor concentration is complicated.
causality between A and B
用于说明两个事物之间存在因果关系，A和B为两个相关的事物。
The study examined the causality between sleep and memory.
这项研究考察了睡眠与记忆之间的因果关系。
the causality of A
后接单数名词或事件，表示某事物或事件的原因属性。
The causality of the disease is still unknown.
这种疾病的因果关系仍不明确。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- law of causality
- 因果律
- Every experiment assumes the law of causality.每项实验都以因果律为前提。
- establish causality
- 确立因果关系
- This study cannot establish causality between the two factors.这项研究无法确立这两个因素之间的因果关系。
- causality violation
- 对因果律的违背
- The result appears to be a causality violation.这个结果似乎是对因果律的违背。
- causality loop
- 因果循环
- The plot involves a causality loop.情节涉及一个因果循环。
Pop culture & quotes
- The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only because it is erroneously supposed to do no harm.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
causality 开头是 cause（原因），-ality 像 ability，联想“找原因的能力”→因果关系。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：学术论文、哲学讨论、科学分析 通常用于正式或学术语境，哲学、科学和理论讨论中比较常见；日常口语中更常说 cause and effect。
Pronunciation & Spelling
上面这些词都与 causality 押韵，韵脚均为 /ˈæləti/。注意拼写相似的 casualty /ˈkæʒuəlti/（伤亡者）发音差异很大，别混淆。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.