英汉词典

reason 基本解释

• n. 理由；理性；动机
• vi. 推论；劝说
• vt. 说服；推论；辩论
• n. (Reason)人名；(英)里森

reason 词态变化

reason 中文词源

来自古法语 raison,原因，理由，思考，来自拉丁语 rationem,思考，考虑，动机，来自 PIE*rei, 思考，辩理，词源同 rate,read.

reason 英文词源

reason

reason: [13] Reason, together with rational, represent in English the ‘thinking’ aspects of the Latin verb rērī (it also meant ‘calculate’, and in that guise has given English rate, ration, etc). From it was derived the noun ratiō ‘thinking, calculation’ (source of English ratio and the rest). This spawned a Vulgar Latin variant *ratiōne, which passed into Old French as reisun – whence English reason.
=> rate, ratio, ration

reason (n.)

c. 1200, "intellectual faculty that adopts actions to ends," also "statement in an argument, statement of explanation or justification," from Anglo-French resoun, Old French raison "course; matter; subject; language, speech; thought, opinion," from Latin rationem (nominative ratio) "reckoning, understanding, motive, cause," from ratus, past participle of reri "to reckon, think," from PIE root *re(i)- "to reason, count" (source of Old English rædan "to advise;" see read (v.)).

Meaning "sanity; degree of intelligence that distinguishes men from brutes" is recorded from late 13c. Sense of "grounds for action, motive, cause of an event" is from c. 1300. Middle English sense of "meaning, signification" (early 14c.) is in the phrase rhyme or reason. Phrase it stands to reason is from 1630s. Age of Reason "the Enlightenment" is first recorded 1794, as the title of Tom Paine's book.

reason (v.)

early 14c., resunmen, "to question (someone)," also "to challenge," from Old French raisoner "speak, discuss; argue; address; speak to," from Late Latin rationare "to discourse," from ratio (see reason (n.)). Intransitive sense of "to think in a logical manner" is from 1590s; transitive sense of "employ reasoning (with someone)" is from 1847. Related: Reasoned; reasoning.

reason 词组搭配

reason 英文释义

1. a rational motive for a belief or action;

"the reason that war was declared"

"the grounds for their declaration"

2. an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon;

"the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly"

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

"we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

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

"his rationality may have been impaired"

"he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"

5. a justification for something existing or happening;

"he had no cause to complain"

"they had good reason to rejoice"

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

"there is reason to believe he is lying"

reason 同义词解析

argue, quarrel, debate, dispute, discuss, reason

这些动词均含"辩论，争论，说理"之意。

argue：指提出理由或证据为自己或自己一方的看法或立场辩护，着重说理、论证和企图说服。

quarrel：指两人之间或两个团体之间不友好的、吵吵嚷嚷地大声争论某事，尤指"吵嘴、吵架"。

debate：侧重指意见等对立的双方之间正式或公开的争辩。

dispute：侧重对分歧进行激烈或热烈的争论或争辩，带一定感情色彩，常隐含"各持已见"或"争论不休"意味。

discuss：最常用词，指就某一或某些问题表明观点、看法等，以便统一认识，解决问题。

reason：指据理力争以说服对方或求得对问题作更深入的研究。

cause, reason, excuse

这些名词均有"原因"之意。

cause： 指直接导致事情发生的原因，与所发生的事个有因果关系。

reason： 强调指从逻辑推理上得出的结论性原因，不是直接说明起因。

excuse： 指为自己辩解，希望得到谅解时所提出的种种理由，是借口性的理由。

think, deliberate, meditate, muse, reason, reflect, speculate

这些动词均有"思考，判断，思索"之意。

think： 一般用词，指开动脑筋形成看法或得出结论的脑力活动。不着重结论是否正确，见解是否有用。

deliberate： 指缓慢、按部就班地作仔细而认真的思考或判断。

meditate： 语气较强，指认真地长时间集中精力进行思考。

muse： 通常指漫无目的地猜想。

reason： 指根据资料、证据或事实进行推断，作出结论或判断的逻辑思维活动。

reflect： 指回想或回顾，侧重认真而冷静地反复地思考某个问题，尤指对已发生事情的思索。

speculate： 指推论过程，隐含在证据不足的基础上作出推测或设想。

reason 双语例句

1. I really don't see any reason for changing it.

我真的不明白为什么要改变它。

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2. There's a reason why women don't read this stuff; it's not funny.

女人不读这种东西是有原因的，它并不好笑。

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3. To an extent, that is the reason for the meeting.

在某种程度上，那就是召开这次会议的原因。

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4. The reason women are drinking is just because they like it.

女人喝酒只是因为她们喜欢喝。

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5. The boss retains enormous influence by reason of his position.

老板由于自身的地位而一直有极大的影响力。

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reason 实用场景例句

I'd like to know the reason why you're so late.

我想知道你为什么迟到那么长时间。

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We aren't going for the simple reason that we can't afford it.

我们不去，只是因为我们负担不起。

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She gave no reasons for her decision.

她没有对她的决定作出任何解释。

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I have no particular reason for doubting him.

我没有什么特别的理由怀疑他。

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He said no but he didn't give a reason .

他说不行，但没有说明原因。

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Give me one good reason why I should help you.

我为什么要帮你？给我一个充分的理由。

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For some reason (= one that I don't know or don't understand) we all have to come in early tomorrow.

出于某种原因，我们大家明天都不得不早点来。

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The man attacked me for no apparent reason .

那个人不知何故攻击我。

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She resigned for personal reasons .

她出于个人原因而辞职。

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For reasons of security the door is always kept locked.

为了保证安全，门总是锁着的。

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He wants to keep them all in his office for reasons best known to himself .

他想把他们都留在他的办公室里，原因只有他自己知道。

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There is a reason for every important thing that happens...

每件重要事情的发生都有原因。

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Who would have a reason to want to kill her?

谁会有杀她的动机呢？

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They had reason to believe there could be trouble...

他们有理由相信可能会遇到麻烦。

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He had every reason to be upset...

他完全有理由生气。

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...a conflict between emotion and reason...

情感和理智的冲突

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Mike is my voice of reason. He thinks logically and points out where I'm going wrong.

迈克帮我保持理智。他的思维很有逻辑性，可以指出我的错误。

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I reasoned that changing my diet would lower my cholesterol level...

我推断改变自己的饮食可以降低我的胆固醇水平。

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'Listen,' I reasoned, 'it doesn't take a genius to figure out what Adam's up to.'

“听着，”我分析道，“要弄清楚亚当想要干什么很容易。”

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For reasons best known to himself, Algie changed his name.

不知是出于什么原因，阿尔吉改了名字。

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The boss retains enormous influence by reason of his position...

老板由于自身的地位而一直有极大的影响力。

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He pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.

他以精神不健全为由申辩无罪。

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The company's top executives had refused to listen to reason.

公司的高层管理人员拒绝理智行事。

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The guards, he said, would punch them for no reason...

他说警卫会无缘无故殴打他们。

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For no reason at all the two men started to laugh.

两个人莫名其妙地开始大笑。

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Chloe is my reason for living.

克洛艾是我活着的理由。

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For some reason, the curtains were shut...

不知什么原因，窗帘拉着。

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For some inexplicable reason she was attracted to Patrick.

因为某些无法解释的原因，她被帕特里克所吸引。

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I will take any job that comes along, within reason...

我会接受任何给我的工作，只要是正当的。

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It means working, within reason, for whatever time is necessary.

这意味着在合理的范围内花费所有必要的时间工作。

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