| 单词 | reasoning |
| 释义 | reasoning (once / 333 pages) nadj Reasoning is a logical, thoughtful way of thinking. When your teacher explains the reasoning behind his classroom rules, he makes it clear exactly why and how he came up with them. Voters often want to understand the reasoning behind certain laws, and toddlers almost always want to know the reasoning behind rules about bedtime and wearing warm clothes on cold days. You can also use reasoning as an adjective, to describe someone who can think logically. A reasoning adult can make decisions for herself. The word comes from reason, which is rooted in the Old French raisoner, "discuss or argue," and the Late Latin rationare, "to discourse." WORD FAMILYreasoning: reasoningly, reasonings, unreasoning+/reason: reasonable, reasoned, reasoner, reasoning, reasonless, reasons, unreason/reasonable: reasonableness, reasonabler, reasonablest, reasonably/reasoner: reasoners/unreason: unreasonable, unreasons/unreasonable: unreasonably/unreasoning: unreasoningly USAGE EXAMPLESInner speech may participate in reasoning about right and wrong by constructing point-counterpoint situations in our minds. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The endings were familiar, with the docile tones and search for reasoning. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) The same reasoning might apply to the Afghan government, which is mired in political crisis and a long-running war. The Guardian(Dec 26, 2016) 1n thinking that is coherent and logical Syn|Hypo|Hyper abstract thought, logical thinking analysis, analytic thinking the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations argument, argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argumenta course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning conjecturereasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesisreasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) illation, inferencethe reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation anticipation, prediction, previsionthe act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) ratiocinationlogical and methodical reasoning reasoning backward, regressthe reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence synthesis, synthetic thinkingthe combination of ideas into a complex whole line of inquiry, line of questioningan ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument projectiona prediction made by extrapolating from past observations prognostication, prophecy, vaticinationknowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) adumbration, foreshadowing, prefigurationthe act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand syllogismdeductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises theorisation, theorizationthe production or use of theories supposal, suppositionthe cognitive process of supposing analogyan inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others corollary(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition derivationa line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions deduction, entailment, implicationsomething that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) extrapolationan inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations presumption(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed breakdown, partitioningan analysis into mutually exclusive categories cost-benefit analysisan analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs dissectiona minute and critical analysis elimination, reasoning by eliminationanalysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives reductionismthe analysis of complex things into simpler constituents systems analysisanalysis of all aspects of a project along with ways to collect information about the operation of its parts trend analysisanalysis of changes over time casuistryargumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading policya line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process the process of using your mind to consider something carefully 2adj endowed with the capacity to reason Syn intelligent, thinking rational consistent with or based on or using reason |
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