causative
causative — 形容詞
- causativepositive
- more causativecomparative
- most causativesuperlative
1. responsible for producing a particular outcome — for example, a chemical reactio
致因的
造成某結果的；致因的
responsible for producing a particular outcome — for example, a chemical reaction that makes paint peel, or a policy change that brings about a drop in unemployment.
Iker's research showed that lead exposure was causative of the children's learning delays.
Iker 的研究顯示，鉛暴露是造成這些孩子學習遲緩的原因。
predicative: be causative of [outcome]
Doctors are still searching for the causative factor behind Cyrus's sudden hearing loss.
醫生仍在尋找造成 Cyrus 突然失聰的致因因素。
attributive: causative factor / agent / role
Christopher's audit named the new pricing rule as the causative agent in the sales drop.
Christopher 的稽核報告指出，新的訂價規則是業績下滑的致因主因。
collocation: causative agent
Trang argued that long working hours were causative in the rise of staff burnout.
Trang 認為，長工時是導致員工過勞增加的原因。
predicative: causative in [process]
Esme's report listed three causative events that led up to the bridge collapse.
Esme 的報告列出了三項導致橋梁倒塌的致因事件。
attributive plural: causative events
- causative factor
- causative agent
- causative role
- causative of [an outcome]
- causative in [a process]
- contributory
wider — names a part-cause, not necessarily the main one
- causal
more general; describes any cause-and-effect link, not the cause itself
- responsible
everyday register; 'X is responsible for Y' instead of 'X is causative of Y'
- resultant
names the outcome rather than the cause
- incidental
happens alongside but does not produce the outcome
文法句型
causative of [outcome]
causative in [process]
用法筆記
Frequently followed by 'of' or 'in' when used predicatively; attributively it combines tightly with a small set of nouns (factor, agent, event, role). Common in scientific, medical, and policy writing rather than everyday speech.
常見錯誤
2. (in grammar) describing a verb or sentence pattern that shows one person or thin
使役的
文法上表示「使某人做某事」的
(in grammar) describing a verb or sentence pattern that shows one person or thing making another do or become something — like 'darken' meaning 'cause to become dark', or 'have someone do the dishes'.
Tariro asked her students to underline every causative verb in the short story.
Tariro 請學生在這篇短篇小說裡，把每個使役動詞都畫底線。
collocation: causative verb
Aylin's English teacher introduced the causative construction 'have someone do something' last week.
Aylin 的英文老師上週才介紹使役句型「have someone do something」。
collocation: causative construction
Japanese marks the causative form with a special verb ending that Ravindra found tricky.
日文用一個特別的動詞字尾來標示使役形，Ravindra 一開始覺得很難掌握。
collocation: causative form
Mauricio's textbook lists 'sharpen' and 'widen' as classic causative verbs in English.
Mauricio 的課本把 sharpen 和 widen 列為英文裡典型的使役動詞。
attributive plural: causative verbs
- causative verb
- causative construction
- causative form
- causative sentence
- causative suffix
- factitive
older technical term; mostly found in traditional Latin and Greek grammar books
文法句型
causative verb
causative construction
causative form
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense only appears in grammar and linguistics writing, almost always before a noun (verb, construction, form, sentence). The subject of the sentence is never 'X is causative' on its own here.