reason

中文： 理由、原因、理致、理性

1. That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause. (countable, uncountable) · The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted.
2. A motive for an action or a determination. (countable, uncountable) · He made reason with his boss about taking a day off.· The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money.
3. An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation. (countable, uncountable)
4. A premise placed after its conclusion. (countable, uncountable)
5. Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition. (uncountable) · Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues.

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