rationale

英 [ˌræʃəˈnɑːl]

美 [ˌræʃəˈnæl]

n.  基本原理; 根本原因

复数：rationales　

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牛津词典

noun

• 基本原理；根本原因
  the principles or reasons which explain a particular decision, course of action, belief, etc.
  1. What is the rationale behind these new exams?
     这些新测试的理论依据是什么？

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 基本理论；理论基础；合理性的根据
  Therationalefor a course of action, practice, or belief is the set of reasons on which it is based.
  1. However, the rationale for such initiatives is not, of course, solely economic...
     然而，这种提议的根据当然并不仅仅是经济方面的。
  2. The rationale of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is inevitably being questioned.
     对核废料进行再加工的理由不可避免地受到了质疑。

英英释义

noun

• (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
  1. the rationale for capital punishment
  2. the principles of internal-combustion engines
  Synonym:principle

双语例句

• The interplay between the belief structure and the external environment shaped the immediate policies and choices and provided a rationale to support them.
  信仰结构和外部环境的相互作用形成的直接政策和选择，并提供了一个基本原理去支持他们。
• Design rationale for software design and maintenance
  软件设计和维护的设计原理
• The rationale of direct foreign investment has changed.
  国外直接投资的基本原理起了变化。
• This has provided a rationale to more thorough go into village and small town system plan.
  这为更深进的研究村镇体系规划提供了理论基础。
• There was no economic rationale for all of this.
  没有任何经济原理可以解释这一切。
• Introduces the rationale and techniques of common normal length measurement in the test and mapping of parameters for gears.
  介绍了齿轮精度检测和齿轮参数测绘中用公法线长度测量的基本原理和基本方法。
• The number one current rationale for extra research investment is that it will generate badly needed economic growth.
  额外研究投入的第一个当前原理是它将产生非常需要的经济增长。
• This grim trajectory suggests an economic, as well as a political, rationale for government action.
  这个可怕轨迹暗示政府行动的一个经济的，也是政治的基本原理。
• The rationale of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is inevitably being questioned.
  对核废料进行再加工的理由不可避免地受到了质疑。
• The underlying rationale of unilateral trade liberalisation had been buried and forgotten long ago.
  单边贸易自由化的基本理念早已被埋葬和遗忘了。