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cause and effect

/kawz-uhnd-i-fekt, -uhn-/US // ˈkɔz ənd ɪˈfɛkt, -ən- //

因果关系,因果,因果律,原因和效果

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others.

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Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • In Israel, however, a new law took effect January 1st that banned the use of underweight models.

  • But Cosby Truthers are applying their principles to the wrong cause.

  • But they say its effect on the regular daily operation of organized crime has been negligible.

  • In this case, I suspect, there was co-operant a strongly marked childish characteristic, the love of producing an effect.

  • He shrank, as from some one who inflicted pain as a child, unwittingly, to see what the effect would be.

  • And so this is why the clever performer cannot reproduce the effect of a speech of Demosthenes or Daniel Webster.

  • The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.

  • Whether they had ever, at different times, pleaded for or against the same cause, and cited precedents to prove contrary opinions?