染雾caused， causing， causes
10. To be the cause of or reason for; result in.
成为…的原因;导致
11. To bring about or compel by authority or force:
造成…，促使…：利用权威或武力促成或强迫：
用法与例句：
The moderator invoked a rule causing the debate to be ended.
仲裁人引用了一项规则使辩论终止
cause的词源：
12. Middle English
中古英语
13. from Old French
源自 古法语
14. from Latin causa [reason, purpose]
源自 拉丁语 causa [原因，目的]
cause的词性：
adj.(形容词)
cause的词性：
adj.(形容词)
cause的词性：
n.(名词)
【近义词】
cause， reason， occasion， antecedent
15. These nouns denote what brings about or is associated with an effect or result. A
这些名词意指带来或关于某种影响或结果的原因。
16. cause is an agent or condition that permits the occurrence of an effect or necessarily or ineluctably leads to a result:
Cause 是允许一种效果的发生或必然、必要导致结果发生的动因或条件：
用法与例句：
“He is not only dull in himself, but the cause of dullness in others” (Samuel Foote).
“他不仅仅是自己愚蠢，而且是引起他人愚蠢的原因” (塞缪尔·福特)。
17. Reason refers to what explains the occurrence or na
Reason 是指解释某种效果的发生或性质的措辞：
用法与例句：
There was no obvious reason for the accident.
这场事故没有明显的缘由。
18. Occasion is a situation that permits or stimulates existing causes to come into play:
Occasion 是一种允许或激发既存原因发生作用的情形：
用法与例句：
“Such were the causes; but the immediate occasion of his departure . . . was the favorable opportunity . . . of migrating in a pleasant way” (Thomas De Quincey).
“这就是原因;但使得他离开的直接动因…是能够舒服地移居的诱人机会。” (托马斯·德·昆西)。
19. Antecedent refers to what has gone before and implies a relationship—but not necessarily a causal one—with what ensues:
Antecedent 指先发生并且暗示着与后继者之间的关系—虽不必然是因果关系—的原因：
用法与例句：
Some of the antecedents of World War II lie in economic conditions in Europe following World War I.
第二次世界大战的某些前因在于第一次世界大战后的经济情况
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