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1. Oxford Dictionary

   cause

   • IPA[kɔːz]

   英式

   • n.
     a person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition；reasonable grounds for doing, thinking, or feeling something
   • v.
     make (something, especially something bad) happen

   • noun: cause, plural noun: causes

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition the cause of the accident is not clear 同義詞 source, root, origin, beginning(s), starting point, ... 更多seed, germ, genesis, agency, occasion, mainspring, base, basis, foundation, bottom, seat, originator, author, creator, producer, agent, prime mover, maker, fons et origo, literaryfountainhead, wellspring, fount, begetter, rareradix反義詞 effect, result
   • ▪ reasonable grounds for doing, thinking, or feeling something Faye's condition had given no cause for concern class size is a cause for complaint in some schools 同義詞 reason, grounds, justification, call, need, ... 更多necessity, occasion, basis, motive, motivation, inducement, excuse, pretext, purpose, stimulus, provocation
   • 2. a principle, aim, or movement to which one is committed and which one is prepared to defend or advocate she devoted her whole adult life to the cause of deaf people I'm raising money for good causes 同義詞 principle, ideal, belief (in), conviction, tenet, ... 更多object, end, aim, objective, purpose, interest, movement, enterprise, undertaking, charity
   • 3. a matter to be resolved in a court of law forty-five causes were entered in the list for the March session
   • ▪ an individual's case offered at law the rule that no man should be a judge in his own cause 同義詞 case, suit, lawsuit, action, dispute, ... 更多contention, point of view

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make (something, especially something bad) happen this disease can cause blindness we have no idea what has happened to cause people to stay away

   ’cause

   • conj.
     short for because

   Oxford Dictionary

   ’cause

   • conj.
     short for because

   Oxford American Dictionary

   lost cause

   • n.
     a person or thing that can no longer hope to succeed or be changed for the better: their opposition to planning for full employment was a lost cause he denied his drinking problem, and his friend left believing he was a lost cause

   Oxford American Dictionary

   final cause

   • n.
     the purpose or aim of an action or the end toward which a thing naturally develops.

   Oxford American Dictionary

   lost cause

   • n.
     a person or thing that can no longer hope to succeed or be changed for the better: their opposition to planning for full employment was a lost cause he denied his drinking problem, and his friend left believing he was a lost cause

   Oxford Dictionary

   First Cause

   • n.
     a supposed ultimate cause of all events, which does not itself have a cause, identified with God.

   Oxford American Dictionary

   material cause

   • n.
     (in Aristotelian thought) the matter or substance which constitutes a thing.

   Oxford Dictionary

   efficient cause

   • n.
     an agent that brings a thing into being or initiates a change.

   Oxford Dictionary

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   片語

   • cause and effect
   • cause of action
   • in the cause of
   • make common cause
   • a rebel without a cause
3. • 更多解釋

   cause

   • IPA[kôz]

   美式

   • n.
     a person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition: the cause of the accident is not clear
   • v.
     make (something, especially something bad) happen: this disease can cause blindness we have no idea what has happened to cause people to stay away

   Oxford American Dictionary