英 [kɔːzd] 美 [kɔːzd]
v. 引起；使发生（cause 的过去分词）
adj. 由……引起的
cause /kɔːz/ CET4 TEM4 [ causing caused causes ]
可数名词 The cause of an event, usually a bad event, is the thing that makes it happen. 起因; 原因
Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of death and disease.
吸烟是造成不必要疾病和死亡的最大原因。
可数名词 A cause is an aim or principle which a group of people supports or is fighting for. 奋斗目标; 事业
Refusing to have one leader has not helped the cause.
拒绝接受领导无益于该事业。
及物动词 To cause something, usually something bad, means to make it happen. 引起
The insecticide used on some weeds can cause health problems.
喷洒在野草上的杀虫剂会引发各种健康问题。
This was a genuine mistake, but it did cause me some worry.
这纯属失误，但它确实令我有些不安。
不可数名词 If you have cause for a particular feeling or action, you have good reasons for feeling it or doing it. 理由
Only a few people can find any cause for celebration.
只有少数人能找到庆祝的理由。
习语 If you say that something is for a good cause, you mean that it is worth doing or giving to because it will help other people, for example by raising money for charity. 为了高尚的事业 (如慈善捐赠)
The Raleigh International Bike Ride is open to anyone who wants to raise money for a good cause.
罗利国际自行车骑行会欢迎有志为慈善事业筹钱者参加。
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
they are trying to determine the cause of the crash
any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
同义词： causal agent / causal agency
诉讼(案件) ，讼事，诉因
The article caused (an) uproar.
这篇文章引起了轩然大波。
The fire caused extensive damage.
火灾造成了巨大的损失。
Weight has caused the sag.
承重导致下垂。
Darwin would later say that this work caused him to realize the struggle for limited resources was a fact of life.
VOA : special.2009.02.25
The dietary laws are presented by the priests not as a sensible way to avoid various diseases that are caused by the lack of refrigeration in the desert.
饮食教规并不是被祭司们,并不是作为一个规避疾病的方法出现的,这些疾病是由于沙漠地区缺水造成的。
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This sense, this glamour thinking, along with price increases, caused Los Angeles to boom; so it's the boomiest U.S. City.
某种意义上,群星荟萃加上房价上涨,推动了洛杉矶房地产的繁荣,所以它成为了全美房产最繁荣的地方
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Mister Boas believed that the environment people grow up in -- not family genes caused most cultural differences among people.
VOA : special.2010.01.17
The investigators say they found no evidence that the university's scientists cheated to prove the existence of human-caused climate change.
VOA : special.2010.04.27
The changes initially caused ratings to plummet to well below the crucial eight million mark.
This has caused difficulties with Bolivia, which takes a more guarded stance toward trade liberalization.
Some 1.5 million children under five die each year from sickness caused by water-borne diseases.
UNESCO: World Water Day 22 March 2010: Clean Water for a Healthy World