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rea.son (obj)5ri:7z[nvTo reason is to try to understand and to make judgments based on practical facts.判断，推理From the presence of a giraffe in the garden, Gerald reasoned (that) the circus had arrived in town. [+ (that) clause]从花园里出现长颈鹿杰拉尔德推断马戏团已到镇上。Newton reasoned (that) there must be a force such as gravity, when an apple fell on his head. [+ (that) clause]当苹果掉在他头上时 牛顿推断一定有像引力那样一种力。I spent hours reasoning out the solution to the puzzle. [M]我花了几小时推想谜底。If you reason someone into/out of doing something, you persuade them to do/not to do something based on good judgment.劝说，劝谕，说服I reasoned him into being sensible. [T always + adv/prep]我说服他理智些。We couldn't reason him out of his panic. [T always + adv/prep]我们无法说服他消除恐慌。To reason with someone is to argue with and try to persuade them, esp. to act wisely.劝告，理喻The police reasoned with the hijackers to at least let the children go. [I]警察劝告劫机者至少放孩子走。She reasoned with her sons that they needed to work harder if they were going to pass their exams. [+ that clause]她劝告儿子们，他们要通过考试的话得更用功。There's no reasoning with somebody who's prejudiced. [I]抱偏见的人是不可理喻的。"Theirs not to make reply, / Theirs not to reason why, / Theirs but to do and die" (Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the poem The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854)(英国诗人丁尼生《轻骑旅冲锋陷阵曲》一诗中句)
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