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causation of sth
此处 of 引出被引起的事物；这类搭配常见于正式或法律、科学语境。
The causation of the fire is still under investigation.
造成这场火灾的原因仍在调查中。
引起；导致
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引起；导致
the act of causing something to happen
The causation of the fire is still under investigation.
造成这场火灾的原因仍在调查中。
引起的行为。
The act of causing.
产生结果的行为或作用力。
The act or agency by which an effect is produced.
因果关系。
Cause and effect.
The police are still investigating the causation of the fire.
警方仍在调查火灾的起因。
Researchers studied the causation of the disease for many years.
研究人员花了多年时间研究这种疾病的成因。
In this experiment, causation is not easy to prove.
在这个实验中，因果关系不容易证明。
此处 of 引出被引起的事物；这类搭配常见于正式或法律、科学语境。
The causation of the fire is still under investigation.
造成这场火灾的原因仍在调查中。
between 用来表示两个事物之间的因果关联，A 和 B 常用名词或名词短语。
Researchers found no direct causation between the two events.
研究人员发现这两个事件之间没有直接的因果关系。
by 引出造成结果的施动者，多用于科学或法律讨论。
The causation of the disease by the virus has been proven.
病毒导致该疾病的因果关系已得到证实。
Not this
Smoking can causation lung cancer.
Use this
Smoking can cause lung cancer.
causation 是名词，意为“因果关系/引起的过程”，不能作动词；表示“导致”时应用动词 cause。
Not this
The causation of the accident was a flat tire.
Use this
The cause of the accident was a flat tire.
causation 指“因果关系”或“引起的过程”，不表示具体原因；表示具体原因或起因时用 cause。
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近因关系
The court examined whether the defendant's actions were the proximate causation of the accident.
法院审查了被告的行为是否构成事故的近因。
直接因果关系
There is direct causation between smoking and lung cancer.
吸烟与肺癌之间存在直接因果关系。
法律上的因果关系
Legal causation is required to establish liability in tort law.
在侵权法中，需要法律上的因果关系来确立责任。
因果关系分析
The report includes a detailed causation analysis of the system failure.
该报告包括对系统故障的详细因果关系分析。
确立因果关系
It is often difficult to establish causation in epidemiological studies.
在流行病学研究中，确立因果关系往往很困难。
相关并不等于因果。
Many people confuse correlation with causation.
许多人混淆相关与因果。
Use causation naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 cause（原因）加名词后缀 -ation，帮记住 causation 是“因果作用”：一个原因引起事情发生的过程。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律与哲学讨论、学术论文或正式报告 causation 在此指“引起某事发生的作用或关系”，多用于学术、法律或正式写作；日常口语中更常说 cause 或 make something happen。
下列词与 causation（/kɒːˈzeiʃən/）押韵，因为重读元音及之后的音都为 /eɪʃən/。注意：caution /ˈkɔːʃən/ 和 cushion /ˈkʊʃən/ 拼写接近但发音不同，并不押韵；causation 的重音在第二个音节。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.