causation

英 [kɔːˈzeɪʃn]

美 [kɔːˈzeɪʃn]

n.  诱因; 起因; 原因

复数：causations　

法律

BNC.13210 / COCA.18345

牛津词典

noun

• 诱因；起因；原因
  the process of one event causing or producing another event
• 诱因；起因；原因
  the process of one event causing or producing another event

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 诱因;起因;祸端
  Thecausationof something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
  1. The gene is only part of the causation of illness.
     基因只是致病的部分原因。
• N-UNCOUNT 因果关系；因果律
  Causationis a study of the factors involved in causing something.
  1. ...assumptions concerning social causation.
     有关社会因果律的假设

英英释义

noun

• the act of causing something to happen
  Synonym:causing

双语例句

• Despite the novelty of tort litigation over toxic causation, clear patterns have already evolved in some areas.
  尽管有毒物质因果关系侵权立法很新，明显的模式在一些地区已经形成。
• Testing and Applying Theories of War Causation; the Future of War, Solutions to War.
  战争因果理论之检证和应用；战争之未来展望及解答。
• But even so we tend our evidence for causation tends to rest on a correlation.
  但是即使这样，我们也倾向我们对因果关系的证据，倾向剩下的相关性。
• Hill and Doll took a pragmatic approach in the search for causation.
  希尔和多尔在寻找因果关系时采取了一种务实的方法。
• But if we take David Hume's view of causation then the position is very different.
  但是当我们采纳大卫休谟关于因果关系的看法时，其地位还是很不一样的。
• All ordinary experience is limited by Time, Space and Causation.
  所有普通经验有限时间、空间和因果关系。
• The criterion of "proper causation" is mostly adopted in the civil law system.
  大陆法系多以“相当因果关系说”作为因果关系的判断基础。
• The gene is only part of the causation of illness.
  基因只是致病的部分原因。
• So if we have a concept of causation, it must be derived from experience.
  因此，如果我们有一个因果关系的概念，它必须源于经验。
• In legal discourse causation is particularly important.
  在法律推论中，因果关系特别重要。