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reason noun
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A2 [ C or U ] the cause of an event or situation or something that provides an excuse or explanation: reason for The reason for the disaster was engine failure, not human error. [ + question word ] The reason why grass is green was a mystery to the little boy. [ + (that) ] The reason (that) I'm calling is to ask a favour.reason is because not standard The reason I walked out was because I was bored. [ + to infinitive ] The police have (every good) reason to believe that he is guilty.with reason She was furious, and with reason (= with good cause).for reasons best known to yourself For reasons best known to himself (= for reasons no one else knows about) he's decided to leave his job.for some reason For some reason, he's never fined for speeding.
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the cause of somethingreasonI frankly don’t understand the reason for the delay.causeInvestigators have not yet determined the cause of the fire. rootWe need to get to the root of her problems.motiveThere seems to have been no motive for the murder.ground(s)On what grounds was she dismissed?
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by reason of formal
because of: He's always asked to these occasions by reason of his position.
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更多范例减少例句I see no reason for us to depart from our usual practice.Car exhaust is the main reason for the city's pollution.I go to church for weddings but not for any other reason.For some reason the story caught the imagination of the public.We made this decision purely for financial reasons.
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Motives and reasons
agenda
autotelic
cause
causeless
first principles
from a place of idiom
ground
impulse
justification for something/doing something
legal cause
mainspring
motivated
motivation
name
object
on the grounds of something
peg
peg for something
political agenda
rationale
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Reasons and explanations
reason noun
(JUDGMENT)
[ U ] the ability of a healthy mind to think and make judgments, especially based on practical facts: the power of reason We humans believe that we are the only animals to have the power of reason.lose your reason mainly UK old-fashioned He lost his reason (= became mentally ill) when both his parents were killed in the crash. within reason
C2 within the limits of what is acceptable and possible: We can wear anything we like to the office, within reason.
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更多范例减少例句He argued that morality could be conceptualized as a series of principles based on human reason.And did reason prevail over emotion?If 20% of the earth's population has 80% of its resources, then it stands to reason that 80% of the population has only 20% of the resources.His powers of reason set him apart from the candidates.Choose whatever you like from the menu, within reason!
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Mind and personality
-hearted
-heartedly
alexithymia
allism
allistic
alter ego
ambivert
disposition
gender identity
gestaltist
Jungian
neurodiversity
neurotype
neurotypical
neurotypicality
noddle
psychoanalytic
superego
unconscious mind
unhyphenated
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语法
Reason thatWe use reason that before a clause. We often omit that, especially in statements. Reason that is less common and slightly more formal than reason why: …
Reason + to-infinitiveWe can use reason with a to-infinitive: …
ReasonWe use reason for + noun phrase, not reason of: …
Reason forWe use reason for + noun phrase, not reason of: …
Reason whyWe use reason why before a clause. We often omit why, especially in statements: …
习语
listen to reason
or I'll know the reason why
reasonverb [ T ] uk
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to try to understand and to make judgments based on practical facts: [ + (that) ] Newton reasoned (that) there must be a force such as gravityreason something out I spent hours reasoning out the solution to the puzzle.
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Thinking and contemplating
a brown study idiom
agonize
agonize over/about something phrasal verb
beard stroking
bethink
grapple
have something on your mind idiom
heart-searching
hit on/upon something phrasal verb
I/we'll (have to) see idiom
in the cold light of day idiom
navel
rationalize
reckon
relook
relook at something phrasal verb
rethink
revisit
reweigh
weigh
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Concluding and deducing
短语动词
reason with someone
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reason noun
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[ C/U ] the cause of an event or situation, or something suggested as an explanation: [ C ] She had never stopped by before for any reason. [ C ] There must be a reason why she’s not here yet. [ U ] Adams had good reason to fire Pickering.
reason noun
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[ U ] the ability to think and make judgments, esp. good judgments: Meditation seemed to have improved her ability to reason.
reasonverb us
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reason verb
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to think about and make a good judgment about: [ + (that) clause ] He reasoned (that) he had only four or five years left as an athlete.
reason verb
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to argue with and try to persuade someone: [ I ] Grace kept her voice gentle, as if she were reasoning with a child.
reasoning noun [ U ] us
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I didn’t follow her reasoning.
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reason的例句
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There are a number of reasons for this.
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The last reason is perhaps the most common.
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However, this was not always the case, for several reasons.
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For this reason, the use of an antagonist is unnecessary.
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A physician was permitted to overrule these recommendations by providing the reason at the bottom of the sheet.
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A second, perhaps more important reason, is that qualitative insights can be obtained.
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In such a framework, there would seem to be no reason not to include social meaning along with 'ordinary' semantics and pragmatics.
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This phonetic aspect is the main important difference between the two cases for other reasons as well.
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For purely logical reasons, the strongest form of the uniqueness question - is the specific behavior or pattern of behavior found only in the target group?
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Thus, the dissipation of volume appears for purely topological reasons.
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The latter include intelligent agents, natural language understanding and processing, reasoning strategies, and knowledge representations and ontologies.
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In addition, 5 participants died, 5 participants reported being too ill to participate, and 3 were lost due to relocation or other reasons.
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In other words, voters had good reason to vote strategically within parties to maximize the number of seats their side would win.
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For different reasons, both parties initially opposed the communitarisation process.
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Political parties of the so-called radical opposition boycotted the elections for this reason.
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ample reasonThere is certainly ample reason to believe that they do.
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cogent reasonThis is the most cogent reason for treating all journal contributors more respectfully than bestselling authors.
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compelling reasonWhat could the compelling reason be?
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