As it neared the South Atlantic, however,storms began to cause great concern.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

And the Pygmalion effect is if I believe you have a certain characteristic this might cause you to behave as if you have that characteristic.

皮格马利翁效应就是说,如果我相信你有某种特点,就可能导致你表现得,好像你真的有这种特点一样。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Plato's dialogues, the Apology as well as the Republic and the Crito are in the broadest sense of the term, an attempt not only to answer the charge against Aristophanes but also defend the cause of philosophy as something of value and merit.

柏拉图的语录《苏格拉底自辩篇》,《理想国》和《克里托篇》,以最广泛的解释看来，不仅试图响应,亚里斯多芬尼斯的控诉,同时还捍卫着,哲学的目标是价值与功绩。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The report calls for stronger steps to be taken by advanced economies to reduce carbon emissions, seen as the main cause of global warming.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

I do not believe we can come to simple conclusions when it comes to the cause and effects of such a complex disorder as autism."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

The U.S.Environmental Protection Agency,or EPA, lists stormwater as the primary cause of water pollution in the United States, and encourages local communities to develop management plans to treat run-off before it pollutes their rivers, lakes or streams.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Gohel says what no one could have predicted at the time was how Wilson's support for Afghanistan's mujahedeen would encourage Muslims from around the world to rally to their cause or what would come as a result.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11