cause怎么读是什么意思(英语单词发音及中文意思翻译)

cause 英 [kɔːz]美 [kɔz]

基本解释

n. 原因；事业；目标

vt. 引起；使遭受

中文词源

cause 原因

来自拉丁词causa, 原因，词源同because.

英文词源

cause

cause: [13] Cause comes via Old French cause from Latin causa, which as well as ‘reason’ meant ‘law-suit’; this was carried over into English legal language (it survives in terms such as cause-list ‘list of cases to be tried’) and its use in eressions like ‘plead someone’s cause’ led in the late 16th century to a more general application ‘goal or principle pursued or supported’. French chose ‘thing’ also comes from Latin causa, in the weakened sense ‘tter, subject’.

=> excuse

cause (n.)

c. 1200, "reason for action, grounds for action; motive," from Old French cause "cause, reason; lawsuit, case in law" (12c.), and directly from Latin causa "a cause; a reason; interest; judicial process, lawsuit," which is of unk*n origin. In English, sense of "tter of concern; side taken in controversy" is from c. 1300; that of "the source of an effect" is early 14c.; meaning "reason for something taking place" is late 14c. Cause célèbre "celebrated legal case" is 1763, from French. Cause why? "for what reason?" is in Chaucer.

cause (v.)

late 14c., "produce an effect," also "impel, compel," from Old French causer "to cause" (13c.) and directly from Me*val Latin causare, from Latin causa "a cause; a reason; interest; judicial process, lawsuit," which is of unk*n origin. Related: Caused; causing. Classical Latin causari meant "to plead, to debate a question."

双语例句

1. His misunderstanding of language was the priry cause of his other problems.

他对语言的误解是引起其他问题的主要原因。

2. Accidents are still the number one cause of preture death for Americans.

交通事故仍然是造成美国人过早死亡的头号因素。

3. Investment could dry up and that could cause the economy to falter.

投资可能会中断，而这会引起经济衰退。

4. This was a genuine mistake, but it did cause me some worry.

这是好心办错事，可是确实让我担心了一阵子。

5. Preture birth is the in cause of perinatal mortality.

早产是临产死亡的主要原因。