reason['ri:zən]

• n.
  • 理由；原因
  • 理智；思维能力
  • 动机
  • 道理；情理
  • 清醒的头脑；正常神态
  • 【逻辑学】前提(尤指推论中的小前提)
• vi.
  • 推理；推论；思维：

    Animals do not have the ability to reason.

    禽兽没有思维能力。

  • 劝说；讲道理(常与with连用)：

    It is useless to reason with her.

    跟她讲道理没用。

• vt.
  • 推理；推论(常与out连用)：

    We'd better present the facts and reason things out instead of quarreling.

    我们最好摆事实讲道理，不要争吵。

  • 推断；分析(常接 that 引导的宾语从句)：

    He reasoned that since she had not answered his letter she must have left here.

    他推断，由于她没有给他回信，她一定是已经离开这里了。

  • 论证；讨论：

    We ought to reason why it is harmful to health to eat too much.

    我们应当论证一下为什么吃得太多对健康会有害。

  • 劝说；与…评理(常与 into 或 out of 连用)：

    We have reasoned her out of her wish to be married to a foreigner.

    我们通过讲道理劝她打消嫁给外国人的愿望。

• 近义词:

  cause.think

• 短语:
  • as reason was 根据情理
  • bereft of reason
    • 失去知觉
    • 失去理智；疯狂
  • beyond all reason 毫无道理
  • bring someone to reason 使某人明白道理；使某人恢复理智；使某人醒悟过来；开导某人；使服气
  • by reason of 因为；由于
  • by reason of the fair eyes of someone 为了某人的缘故
  • by reason that [罕用语]由于；因为
  • come to reason 醒悟；觉悟过来；恢复理性
  • for no other reason than that 只是因为
  • for reasons best known to oneself 出于只有自己知道的原因
  • give (a) reason [古语]说明(自己的行为)；解释；陈述理由
  • have reason
    • 有理性
    • [废语]有道理；正确
  • have(或listen to) reason 服从道理；听从劝告
  • have reason for (或to do) something 有做某事的根据(或理由)
  • in (或within) reason
    • 合理的；有道理的
    • 合情合理地；在道理上[亦作in all (或any) reason]
  • (It) stands to reason (that) … 是显而易见的；…是理所当然的；…是合乎情理的
  • lose all reason 不讲道理；违反理性
  • lose one's reason 失去理性；发狂，发疯
  • out of (all) reason 无理的；不可理喻的；不合理的
  • reason of State 执政者的理由(指为政府的不正当行为所作的辩护)；政治上(或国事上)的理由[一般不用冠词]
  • reason someone into something 说服某人干某事
  • reason someone out of 劝某人不要…；说服某人放弃某事
  • render (或give, yield)(a) reason [口语]陈述理由；说明(自己的行为)；解释
  • see reason (to do something) 认为有 (做某事的)理由；看出…的理由；认为有必要(做某事)
  • the woman's reason [戏谑语]女人的逻辑；不成理由的理由
  • there is every reason (to do something) 有充分的理由(做某事)
  • with reason 有道理；有充分理由地；正当地，合理地
  • within reason =in reason
  • without reason 没有正当理由地，毫无理由地