cause

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第198页（663字）

【释义】：

n．①原因：cause and effect因果．a cause of disease疾病的原因．an internal(external) cause 内(外)因．②理由，缘故：without cause(无缘)无故．You have no cause to complain(or for complaint)．你没有理由埋怨．③事业，目的：in the cause of justice为了正义．We should struggle for the cause of communism all our lives．我们要为共产主义事业奋斗终身．make common cause with sb．与…协力，支持某人(的政治主张等)．④【法】诉因，诉讼，案子：plead one’s cause 辩护，诉讼．cause less a．

－vt．引起，成为…原因，使发生：cause complications节外生枝．Ultra“Left”trend of thought causes a great deal of harm．极“左”思潮危害极大．They caused the farm tools to be repaired．他们叫人把那些农具修理一下．The bad weather caused the climbers much inconvenience．恶劣的天气给登山运动员带来许多不便．