efficient cause

ɪˈfɪʃənt kɔz
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Translation of efficient cause from English into Chinese

Noun

philosophy causality

Dated
person or thing that makes something happen or start
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直接原因 动因 dòng yīn促成因素
  • The efficient cause of the fire was a lightning strike.火灾的直接原因是一道闪电。
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Synonyms and analogies of efficient cause in English

n.initiatorprime moverMore synonyms

Examples of efficient cause in a sentence

  • In this theory, the artist is the efficient cause of the painting.

efficient cause: Examples and translations in context

The reduction of compensation in cases of contributory fault, which is envisaged in article 42 (2), occurs not because the internationally wrongful act of the State is not an efficient cause of the injury but out of considerations of equity.

第42条第2款规定在起到损害作用的过失情况减少补偿,但这不是因为国家的国际不法行为不是一项有效的伤害原因,而是由于考虑到公平因素。

Natural Philosophy, championed by Goethe and others, point out that Nature is the main efficient cause.

自然哲学,倡导歌德等,指出了这种性质是主要的有效原因。

But if in efficient causes it is possible to go on to infinity, there will be no first efficient cause, neither will there be an ultimate effect, nor any intermediate efficient causes

但是,如果可能无限地追溯动因,将不存在第一动因,也不存在最后结果和任何中间动因;

As Aristotle says, they failed to distinguish between the material cause and the efficient cause.

正如亚里士多德说,他们没有区分材料事业和效率的原因。

Moreover, an efficient cause is extrinsic and does not enter into the composition of its effects.

另外,非暴力不服从不会逃避对其违法行爲的审判。

Both are efficient causes of the injury, without which it would not have occurred.

两个原因均为有效的伤害原因,没有这些原因伤害就不会发生。

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