of, relating to, or acting as a cause 与)原因(有关)的;构成原因的 the causal factors associated with illness. 致病因素。 ■(Grammar & Logic)expressing or indicating a cause (语法,逻)表示原因的 a causal conjunction. 表原因的连词。
派生 causally adverb 语源
late Middle English (as a noun denoting a causal conjunction or particle): from late Latin causalis, from Latin causa 'cause'