| 单词 | reason |
| 释义 | reason n. & v. --n 1. a motive, cause, or justification (has good reasons for doing this; there is no reason to be angry). 2. a fact adduced or serving as this (I can give you my reasons). 3. the intellectual faculty by which conclusions are drawn from premisses. 4. sanity (has lost his reason). 5. Logic a premiss of a syllogism, esp. a minor premiss when given after the conclusion. 6. a faculty transcending the understanding and providing a priori principles; intuition. 7. sense; sensible conduct; what is right or practical or practicable; moderation. --v 1. intr. form or try to reach conclusions by connected thought. 2. intr. (foll. by with) use an argument (with a person) by way of persuasion. 3. tr. (foll. by that + clause) conclude or assert in argument. 4. tr. (foll. by why, whether, what + clause) discuss; ask oneself. 5. tr. (foll. by into, out of) persuade or move by argument (I reasoned them out of their fears). 6. tr. (foll. by out) think or work out (consequences etc.). 7. tr. (often as reasoned adj.) express in logical or argumentative form. 8. tr. embody reason in (an amendment etc.). Phrases and idioms by reason of owing to. in (or within) reason within the bounds of sense or moderation. it stands to reason (often foll. by that + clause) it is evident or logical. listen to reason be persuaded to act sensibly. see reason acknowledge the force of an argument. with reason justifiably. Derivatives reasoner n. reasoning n. reasonless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF reisun, res(o)un, raisoner, ult. f. L ratio -onis f. reri rat- consider |
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