reason

英[ˈriːzn]美[ˈriːzn]

n.原因，道理，理智；

v.推理，思考，判断；

复数：reasons;

第三人称单数：reasons;

过去式：reasoned;

过去分词：reasoned;

现在分词：reasoning;

例句

I have searched my mind for a reason, but can't find one.我绞尽脑汁寻找理由, 但是没找到。

He thought of a reason to explain away his failure.他想出一个理由为他的失败辩解。

Providing that you exercise due care,there is no reason why you shouldn’t live to a great age.只要你适当地注意,你就可享有很高的寿命。

There is no reason that you shouldn't tell them in advance when you are going.你没理由不事先告诉他们你打算要走。

We don't know the reason why they have broken up with each other.我们不知道他们的关系为何破裂。

There is no reason to doubt the veracity of the evidence.没有理由怀疑证据的真实性。

He escaped a prison sentence by reason of unsound mind at the time the crime was committed.他以犯罪时精神不正常为由逃过了监禁刑罚。

I reckon she has good reason to feel smug.我认为她洋洋得意必有其缘故。

The ostensible reason wasn’t the real reason.表面上的理由并不是真正的理由。

For some reason he thinks everyone is out to get him, but he’s really just tilting at windmills.不知为什么他觉得每个人都想害他,但其实他不过是在庸人自扰。

英语六级真题

The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal cost—are depleted.

The reason is that when carbon is priced, those emissions reductions that are least costly to implement will happen first.

Historically, scientists have objected to sharing for many reasons: it is a lot of work; until recently, good databases did not exist; grant funders were not pushing for sharing; it has been difficult to agree on standards for formatting data; and there is no agreed way to assign credit for data.

Economic reasoning shows that the least expensive way for each country is to put a price on carbon emissions.

This is the reason you are here in a university.

We need to accept that fact across much of the planet, so waste with little or no treatment will be used in agriculture for good reason.

Virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system—doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness—is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year, found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term, but certainly brings long-term rewards.

It's true that the main reason inner-city schools do poorly isn't teachers' unions, but poverty.

It is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues; while some, like the WRI, maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-inhand with economic development, others argue that the priority is to build a thriving economy, and then use the wealth created to tackle environmental degradation.

In other words, poor and rich both over-exploit the natural world, but for different reasons.

As I said, structural unemployment isn't a real problem, it's an excuse—a reason not to act on America's problems at a time when action is desperately needed.

And that, fundamentally, is why claims that we face huge structural problems have been multiplying: they offer a reason to do nothing about the mass unemployment that is crippling our economy and our society.

Still, there are good reasons to make positive changes in how we live and what we eat as we age.

Perhaps the reason why so many universities offer their students so little is they know studying at a top university remains a brilliant investment even if you don't learn anything.

One reason for the rise in deaths from Alzheimer’s disease in this group may be that developing this condition remains possible even after people beat the odds of dying from other diseases such as cancer.

One reason any campaign wants a popular celebrity spokesperson is because kids are attracted to them no matter what they are doing.

In practical terms, the new guidelines being develop could result in doctors choosing one drug over another for cost reasons or even deciding that a particular treatment — at the end of life, for example — is too expensive.

In particular, Arum and Roksa found, college students were not developing the critical thinking, analytic reasoning and other higher-level skills that are necessary to thrive in today's knowledge-based economy and to lead our nation in a time of complex challenges and dynamic change.

But this vote of confidence in Oprah sends a troubling message at precisely the time when American universities need to do more to advance the cause of reason.

It seems very good for Harvard to honor such a high profile popularizer of the irrational…… at a time when political and religious nonsense so jeopardize the rule of reason in this allegedly enlightened democracy and around the world

Supervisors must identify the reasons for poor performance.

There are good reasons it causes such anxiety," says Lisa Sohmer, director of college counseling at the Garden School in Jackson Heights, N.Y.

It does not give people reason for pessimism.

What we want to encourage in these students is an active intellectual experience, in which they develop the wide range of complex reasoning abilities required of good lawyers.

Professor Robert Summers at Cornell Law School banned laptop computers from his thinks qualified lawyers need to possess a broad array of complex reasoning abilities

It is partly for policy reasons.

One reason why pension and health care reforms are slow in coming is that politicians are afraid of losing votes in the next election.

The reason why employers are unwilling to keep older workers is that younger workers are readily available

There's no reason we wouldn't have seen the same effect on our views of women if Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin had been elected," says Effron.

What parents do, in other words, is of deep concern to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only morally urgent but essential for the future of society

Reasons for this ranged from inheritance disputes to hostility between spouses.

This experiment certainly does not definitely prove that girls start to reason before boys, but it provides a clue that scientists would like to study more carefully.

Scientists think that there is a physical reason for this

In other words, the little girls are reasoning.

Girls seem to start reasoning earlier than boys

Is there any reason why you went to Nottingham University?

The reason why these people feel less satisfied is that a world of possibilities may also be a world of missed opportunities.

But, as the human study suggests, another reason for dolphins keeping their eyes open during sleep is that they can look out for predators while asleep.

For a similar reason, online gambling is highly popular.

For this reason, community interventions and government job programs that offer summer and vacation work are not only economically beneficial but also help to stimulate the adolescent's sense of worth.

I don't necessarily think that's a reason to go to one.

If you've ever started a sentence with, "If I were you…" or found yourself scratching your head at a colleague's agony over a decision when the answer is crystal-clear, there's a scientific reason behind it.

It is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues; while some, like the Wri, maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-in-hand with economic development, others argue that the priority is to bu

Part of the reason this ban is being discussed and implemented is because energy officials see that they will not reach their emissions goals by 2050 if they do not eliminate a large portion of vehicle emissions.

That may be one reason why so many people find relief in swimming when life seas get rough.

The reason for constructing the buildings from wood is probably that ideally proportioned straight and slender timber was available in large quantities in Scandinavia's vast pine forests.

There is another reason why I want to chat with you before Monday.

There's a surplus of physical shopping space for the crowds, which is one reason why stores are downsizing and closing.

virtually all experts agree that the fee-for-service system— doctors are rewarded for the quantity of care rather than its quality of effectiveness — is a primary reason that the cost of care is so high.

Yet like many college teachers around the U.S., the faculty remain doubtful that their work as educators can be measured by a "learning outcome" such as a graduate's ability to investigate and reason.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

原因；理由；动机

The reason for something is a fact or situation which explains why it happens or what causes it to happen.

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N-UNCOUNT

理由；确凿的证据

If you say that you have reason to believe something or to have a particular emotion, you mean that you have evidence for your belief or there is a definite cause of your feeling.

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N-UNCOUNT

理性;理智

The ability that people have to think and to make sensible judgments can be referred to as reason .

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VERB

推理;推论;推断

If you reason that something is true, you decide that it is true after thinking carefully about all the facts.

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PHRASE

（常用来暗指不赞成某人的所作所为）只有自己知道为什么，出于自身的理由

If you do not know why someone did something, you can say that they did it for reasons best known to themselves. You usually use this expression when you do not agree with what they did.

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PHRASE

因为；由于；由…引起；以…为理由

If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.

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PHRASE

听从劝告;理智行事

If you try to make someone listen to reason, you try to persuade them to listen to sensible arguments and be influenced by them.

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PHRASE

无缘无故；莫名其妙；没有理由

If you say that something happened or was done for no reason ,for no good reason, or for no reason at all, you mean that there was no obvious reason why it happened or was done.

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PHRASE

活着的理由；生存的原因

If a person or thing is someone's reason for living or their reason for being, they are the most important thing in that person's life.

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PHRASE

不知为何;不知什么原因

If you say that something happened or is true for some reason, you mean that you know it happened or is true, but you do not know why.

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PHRASE

正当的;合乎情理的;理智范围内的

If you say that you will do anything within reason, you mean that you will do anything that is fair or reasonable and not too extreme.

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英汉词典释义

n.

理由; 原因

理性, 理智

vt. & vi.

推理; 思考

争辩

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a rational motive for a belief or action;

2. an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon;

3. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination;

4. the state of having good sense and sound judgment;

5. a justification for something existing or happening;

6. a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion;

Verb

1. decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion;

2. present reasons and arguments

3. think logically;

行业词典

哲学： 理由；

法律： 理性；原因；