英语词汇“reasonableness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

reason /rēˈz(ə)n/

noun

Ground, support or justification of an act or belief

A premise, esp when placed after its conclusion

A motive or inducement

An underlying explanatory principle

A cause

The mind's power of drawing conclusions and determining right and truth

The exercise of this power

Sanity

Conformity to what is fairly to be expected or called for

Moderation

Fair treatment, eg satisfaction by a duel, or doing one's fair share in drinking (archaic)

A remark, a sententious saying (Shakespeare)

Proportion (Spenser)

intransitive verb

To exercise the faculty of reason

To deduce inferences from premises

To argue

To debate

To converse (Shakespeare)

transitive verb

To examine or discuss

To debate

To think out

To set forth logically

To bring by reasoning

ORIGIN: Fr raison, from L ratiō, -ōnis, from rērī, ratus to think

reaˈsonable adjective

Endowed with reason

Rational

Acting according to reason

Agreeable to reason

Just

Not excessive

Not expensive

Moderate

adverb

non-standard

Reasonably

reaˈsonableness noun

reaˈsonably adverb

reaˈsoned adjective

Argued out

reaˈsoner noun

reaˈsoning noun

reaˈsonless adjective

by reason of

On account of
In consequence of

do someone reason (obsolete)

To give someone the satisfaction of a duel
To drink without shirking

it stands to reason

It is obvious or logical

listen to reason

Listen to, and take heed of, the reasonable explanation, course of action, etc

no reason but (Shakespeare)

No reason for it being otherwise, hence, no possible alternative

principle of sufficient reason

That nothing happens without a sufficient reason why it should be as it is and not otherwise

pure reason

Reason absolutely independent of experience

within or in reason

Within the bounds of what is possible, sensible, etc