[mass noun]the action of causing something 引起,造成 the postulated role of nitrate in the causation of cancer. 假设的硝酸盐的致癌作用。 ■the relationship between cause and effect; causality 因果关系;因果律,因果性
常用词组 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)
语源
late 15th cent.: from Latin causatio(n-) 'pretext' (in medieval Latin 'the action of causing'), from causare 'to cause'