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- 复数: rationales
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基本理论;理论基础;合理性的根据 The rationale for a course of action, practice, or belief is the set of reasons on which it is based.
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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。
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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。
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1. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature);
- "the rationale for capital punishment"
- "the principles of internal-combustion engines"
- synonym: principle
医学
- 1.n[拉]基本原理,理论基础:原理的合理阐述
计算机
- 1.理论基础,基本原理
- 1. The plan was criticized for its lack of rationale.
- 该计划因缺乏根据而遭到批评。
来自《简明英汉词典》


