ra·tion·al
adjective OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈræʃnəl/
/ˈræʃnəl/
- (of behaviour, ideas, etc.) based on reason rather than emotions
合理的；理性的；明智的 - a rational argument/choice/decision
合理的论点／选择／决定 - rational analysis/thought
有道理的分析／思考 - There is no rational explanation for his actions.
对他的所作所为无法作出合理的解释。
Extra Examples- It all seemed quite rational to me.
在我看来这似乎全都合情合理。 - With children working from the age of ten, large families were economically rational.
孩子从 10 岁就开始工作，多要几个孩子在经济上考虑是合乎情理的。 - In some ways their behaviour is perfectly rational.
在某种程度上他们的行为完全合理。 - She seems incapable of making a rational decision.
她似乎无法做出理性的决定。 - We need to present them with a rational argument.
我们需要向他们提出理性的论点。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- highly
- very
- completely
- …
- about
- a rational argument/choice/decision
- (of a person) able to think clearly and make decisions based on reason rather than emotions
理智的；清醒的 - No rational person would ever behave like that.
头脑清醒的人都不会这样做。 - Try to be rational about it.
尽量理智地对待这件事。 - Humans are essentially rational beings.
从本质上讲，人是理性动物。 - She said that she had not been fully rational when she signed the form.
她说自己在表格上签字时并非完全头脑清醒。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- highly
- very
- completely
- …
- about
opposite irrational - No rational person would ever behave like that.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘having the ability to reason’): from Latin rationalis, from ratio(n-) ‘reckoning, reason’, from rat- ‘reckoned’, from the verb reri.