reason
英 ['ri?z(?)n]
美[?riz?n]
- n. 理由；理性；動機
- vi. 推論；勸說
- vt. 說服；推論；辯論
- n. (Reason)人名；(英)里森
英英釋意
- 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"
