| 释义 |
▪ I. causing, vbl. n.|ˈkɔːzɪŋ|
The action of the vb. cause. (Now chiefly gerundial.)
1651Hobbes Leviath i. xii. 53 Things that have no part at all in the causing of it.
▪ II. ˈcausing, ppl. a.
That causes.
1829Jas. Mill Hum. Mind xiv. §2 (1869) 43 ‘Cause’ in these cases is a short name for ‘causing object’. 1883Harper's Mag. Nov. 878 The causing cause of the building.
Hence ˈcausingness.
1829Jas. Mill Hum. Mind xiv. §2 (1869) 43 Cause and Effect are often used in the abstract sense, in which case Cause means the same thing as would be expressed by Causingness. |