Word · Frequency #310
reasons
原因；起因
reasons is the plural of reason.
A cause of an event or situation.
- 1.
A cause:
原因
- 2.
A wall plate.
墙顶板
- 3.
a rational motive for a belief or action
信念或行动的理性动机
- 4.
Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
理性思维(或思维能力)；概念、判断、推理和直觉等认知能力的总和。
- 5.
an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
对某种现象原因的解释
- 6.
the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
理性思考、推理或辨别能力
解释；说明；理由；动机；理性；理智；思维能力；墙垫板；承梁板；原因
In use
What is the reason for your decision?
There are several reasons why we should leave early.
Use your reason to solve the problem.
the reason that war was declared
the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly
we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil
reason for + noun/gerund
for后接名词或动名词，表示某事的原因
What is the reason for the delay?
延迟的原因是什么？
Connections
Collocations
- main reason
- 主要原因
- The main reason for the delay was the weather.延误的主要原因是天气。
- reason for
- …的原因
- There is no reason for concern.没有担心的理由。
- reason why
- …的原因
- I don't know the reason why he left.我不知道他离开的原因。
- by reason of
- 由于，因为
- He was excused by reason of his age.他因为年龄原因被免除了。
- stand to reason
- 合乎道理
- It stands to reason that you will improve with practice.合乎道理的是，你会通过练习提高。
- with reason
- 有理由地
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆解为re（重复）和son（儿子），重复给儿子讲道理，即理由与理性。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：argumentation、explanation、reasoning reason作为名词表示理由或原因时，注册为中性的，广泛适用于日常对话、书面论述和学术语境。
Grammar Note
表示'理性'时不可数，表示'原因'时可数
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words 'season' and 'treason' rhyme with 'reason' (same stressed vowel /iː/ and ending /zən/). Other words ending in '-son' like 'poison', 'prison', 'dozen', 'cousin' have different vowel sounds and do not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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