美
['riːzn]
the cause of an event or situation; a fact, event, or statement that provides an explanation or excuse for sth
the ability to think, understand, and form opinions or judgments that are based on facts
make use of one's reason; exercise the power of thought
say by way of argument
"the reason that war was declared"
"the grounds for their declaration"
"the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly"
"we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
"his rationality may have been impaired"
"he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"
"he had no cause to complain"
"they had good reason to rejoice"
"there is reason to believe he is lying"
"We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
"The children must learn to reason"
Ordinary life..has saved many a man's reason.
出自： G. Greene
She reasoned carefully with herself whether..to go away..or to fall flop under Ernest's nose.
出自： A. P. Herbert
那位律师摆出道理,反对对法律的任何修改。
雇主根据其对工人的评价来决定提高他们的工资。 reason from sth that-clause
I reasoned from his silence that he was unhappy.
我从他的沉默中判断他不高兴。
看看你是否能劝会员们取得一致的意见。
You can easily reason yourself into even greater fear if you always think about the worst possibilities.
如果你总是考虑最坏的可能性,你就会使你自己更加害怕。
Let me try to reason him into joining us.
让我想办法说服他加入到我们当中来。
After some hours of discussion I managed to reason him into adopting a more conciliatory attitude.
经过几个小时讨论以后,我终于说服他采取比较和解的态度。
This is something he can be reasoned into, given time.
如果有时间,这件事是可以劝他接受的。
No one can be reasoned into accepting an idea that his feelings oppose.
无法说服任何人去接受自己感情上接受不了的观点。
只要你愿意把它琢磨透,解决问题的办法就不难找到。
He reasoned the problem out and came to a conclusion.
他推想问题并得出结论。 reason out that/wh-clause
The workers have reasoned out that the real power is in their own hands.
工人们通过推理懂得真正的权力是在他们自己手中。
We would not reason out where we were, because of the mist.
因为天有雾,我们当时不能推断出我们所在的位置。
你怎样才能劝说她消除她一生中的恐惧呢?
Can't you reason the boy out of such stupid behaviour?
你难道不能说服这孩子别做这种蠢事吗?
Try to reason him out of that idea.
试一试劝他放弃那种念头。
It is you who can reason him out of his prejudice.
只有你才能劝他消除偏见。
Father must be reasoned out of driving home in such dangerous conditions.
必须以理来说服父亲不要在如此危险的情况下开车回家。
你应该同孩子讲清道理,不要只叫他听话。
The teacher tried to reason with the boy but he refused to listen; children like that can often not be reasoned with.
老师想用道理来规劝这孩子,但是他不听,像他那样的孩子常常是不可理喻的。
There's no reasoning with that woman.
那个女人简直不可理喻。
There was no use reasoning with him.
跟他讲道理毫无效果。
Reasoning with him was useless.
与他讲道理没有用。
I reasoned with her for hours about the danger, but she would not change her mind.
我跟她争辩了几个小时,想让她认识到危险性,但她就是不听。
误 The reason why he was late was because it rained.
正 The reason why he was late was that it rained.
误 The reason for his lateness is because he missed the train.
正 The reason for his lateness is that he missed the train.
析 “…的原因是因为…”,英文的正确表达是the reason... is that...,这里需要用that引导表语从句,而不能用because引导从句,以免意思重复。
误 Sickness is the reason of her absence.
正 Sickness is the reason for her absence.
析 “…的原因”是reason for ( v -ing) sth,其中的for不能用of代替。
误 He always tried to make reasons for being late.
正 He always tried to make excuses for being late.
析 如果所提的理由被认为不是真实的,或不能使人满意,通常用excuse而不用reason。
