reason
reason 英 [ˈri:zn] 美 [ˈrizən]
n. 理由；理性；动机 v. 推论；推断
进行时:reasoning 过去式:reasoned 过去分词:reasoned 第三人称单数:reasons 名词复数:reasons
- A reason explains why you do something. The reason you go to school is to learn things (and because it's the law).
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- n. 理由；理性；动机
- v. 推论；推断
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1. the reason for crying
啼哭的原由
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2. I'd like to know the reason why you're so late.
我想知道你为什么迟到那么长时间。
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3. She gave no reasons for her decision.
她没有对她的决定作出任何解释。
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4. He said no but he didn't give a reason.
他说不行，但没有说明原因。
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5. She resigned for personal reasons.
她出于个人原因而辞职。
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6. We have every reason to feel optimistic.
我们完全有理由感到乐观。
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7. I can't get her to listen to reason.
我没法跟她讲道理。
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8. Why can't they see reason?
他们为什么不明事理？
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9. She reasoned that she must have left her bag on the train.
她断定准是把包落在火车上了。
- reason (n.) c. 1200, "intellectual faculty that adopts actions to ends," also "statement in an argument, statement of explanation or justification," from Anglo-French resoun, Old French raison "course; matter; subject; language, speech; thought, opinion," from Latin rationem (nominative ratio) "reckoning, understanding, motive, cause," from ratus, past participle of reri "to reckon, think," from PIE root *re- "to reason, count."
- reason (v.) early 14c., resunmen, "to question (someone)," also "to challenge," from Old French raisoner "speak, discuss; argue; address; speak to," from Late Latin rationare "to discourse," from ratio "reckoning, understanding, motive, cause," from ratus, past participle of reri "to reckon, think," from PIE root *re- "to reason, count." Intransitive sense of "to think in a logical manner" is from 1590s; transitive sense of "employ reasoning (with someone)" is from 1847. Related: Reasoned; reasoning.
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