reason

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cause:; That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause. countable,uncountable
    — The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted.
  2. A wall plate.
  3. A cause:; A motive for an action or a determination. countable,uncountable
    — He made reason with his boss about taking a day off.
  4. A cause:; An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation. countable,uncountable
    — I have forgotten the reason he gave for not travelling by air. I felt sure that it was not the correct reason, and that he suffered from a heart trouble which he kept to himself.
  5. A cause:; A premise placed after its conclusion. countable,uncountable
  6. Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition. uncountable
    — Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues.
  7. Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — 16th century Edmund Spenser, Lines on his Promised Pension I was promised, on a time, To have reason for my rhyme.
  8. Ratio; proportion. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — [I]f two Quantities repreſented by the Numbers 20 and 4 be compared, by dividing the Antecedent 20 by the Conſequent 4, the Quotient is 5; but inverting the Terms, by dividing 4 by 20 the Quotient is #92;tfrac#123;4#125;#123;20#125;#61;#92;tfrac#123;1#125;#123;5#125;. By which Quotients are declared the Geometrical Reaſons of the propoſed Quantities, becauſe if the Quotient found be multiplied by the Conſequent, the Product is equal to the Antecedent; for in the former Compariſon 5#92;times4#61;20, in the latter #92;tfrac#123;1#125;#123;5#125;#92;times20#61;4; as Things again are referred to Equality.
动词 v.
  1. To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational. intransitive
    — "I had," said he, "come to an entirely erroneous conclusion which shows, my dear Watson, how dangerous it always is to reason from insufficient data. […]"
  2. To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue. intransitive
    — Still my spirit was not broken. I indulged the anticipation of escape, and that speedily. It was impossible, I reasoned, that men could be so unjust as to detain me as a slave, when the truth of my case was known.
  3. To converse; to compare opinions. intransitive,obsolete
  4. To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss. ambitransitive
    — I reasoned the matter with my friend.
  5. To support with reasons, as a request. rare,transitive
  6. To persuade by reasoning or argument. transitive
    — to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan
  7. To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons. transitive,with-down
    — to reason down a passion
  8. To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument. transitive,usually
    — to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon

词形变化

reasons plural reasons present,singular,third-person reasoning participle,present reasoned participle,past reasoned past reasons plural rasen alternative raisen alternative raysin alternative raison alternative

词汇关系

近义词
that which causes
衍生词
13th reason age of reason antireason beyond a reason of a doubt beyond reason of a doubt by reason of compassionate reason counterreason everything happens for a reason for no good reason for one reason or another for some reason for XYZ reasons have reason in reason instrumental reason law of sufficient reason misreason nonreason one will know the reason why practical reason principle of insufficient reason principle of sufficient reason reasonist reasonless reasonous rhyme nor reason rhyme or reason rule of reason stand to reason subreason there is reason in the roasting of eggs thirteenth reason thirteenth reason why transreason unreason voice of reason with good reason within reason with reason reason piece nonreasoning outreason reason down reasoner reasoningly reason out reason with unreasoning
相关词
reasonability reasonable reasonableness reasonably unreasonability unreasonable unreasonableness unreasonably

词源

词源 1
From Middle English resoun, reson, from Anglo-Norman raisun (Old French raison), from Latin ratiō, from ratus, past participle of reor (“reckon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- (“to think”), reanalysed root of *h₂er- (“to put together”). Displaced native Middle English reden (found in compounds), from Old English rǣden (“condition, stipulation, calculation, direction”), from the same Proto-Indo-European source (compare West Frisian reden (“reason”), Dutch reden (“reason”)). Doublet of ration and ratio.
词源 2
From Middle English reason, reson, resen, rasen, from Old English ræsn (“beam, rafter, ceiling, wall panel”), probably from Proto-West Germanic *raʀn (“house”), from Proto-Germanic *razną (“house, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erh₁- (“to rest”).
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