原因、きっかけ

2018年5月21日 · by · in Tips

Cause and reason

  • spark:きっかけとなる
    The rise in prices sparked (off) a lot of political protest.
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  • give rise to:生じさせる
    provoke:刺激する
    generate:引き起こす
    The president’s statement gave rise to / provoked / generated a lot of criticism.
  • bring about:引き起こす、もたらす
    led to:結果をもたらす、結果につながる
    The new law has brought about / led to great changes in education.
  • stems from:～から生じる、～から起こる、～が原因である
    This problem stems from the inflation of recent years.
  • arise from:から生じる
    out of:~のために
    The court case arose from / out of allegations made in news paper.

Reasons for and purposes of doing things

  • motive:動機
    I wonder what his motives were in sending that email?
  • prompt：~を刺激する, かりたてる
    I wonder what prompted her to send that message?
  • with the aim of:～を目的として
    She wrote to the press with the aim of exposing the scandal.
  • with a view to:～するために、することを目指して
    I’ve invited you here with a view to resolving our differences.
  • on the grounds that:という理由で
    He refused to answer on the grounds that his lawyer wasn’t here.
  • the purpose of:の目的
    The purpose of her visit was to inspect the equipment.

Results

  • consequence:結果
    The examples with consequence/consequently sound more formal that result
  • resulted in:をもたらす
    His remarks resulted in everyone getting angry.
  • outcome:結果、成果
    The events had an outcome that no one could have predicted.
  • upshot:結論
    The upshot of all these problems was that we had to start again.
  • ensued:の結果としておこる
    When the election results were announces, chaos ensured.
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