causation是什么意思？

causation

英[kɔ:ˈzeɪʃn] 美[kɔˈzeʃən]

• n. 原因，（某种结果的）出现，发生因果关系；

例句

• The causation of wheel breaking - up was analyzed through physical and chemical inspection, macroscopical and microscopical examination. 通过理化检验和宏、微观检查,分析了车轮崩裂失效的原因.
• But the exact direction of causation is hard to establish. 但是因果关系的具体程度是很难确定的.
• Attribution theory is concerned with the study of perceived causation. 归因理论是对认识到的因果关系的研究.
• ...assumptions concerning social causation. 有关社会因果律的假设
• The gene is only part of the causation of illness. 基因只是致病的部分原因。

词组

• chain of causation
  (Law)a linked series of events leading from cause to effect, typically in the assessment of liability for damages (律)因果链（尤指对损失进行责任评估时的系列因果联系事件）

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  诱因;起因;祸端
  The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
  例句
  The gene is only part of the causation of illness. 基因只是致病的部分原因。
• N-UNCOUNT
  因果关系；因果律
  Causation is a study of the factors involved in causing something.
  例句
  ...assumptions concerning social causation. 有关社会因果律的假设

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the act of causing something to happen