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[医] 原理, 理论




    rationale
    [ noun ]
    (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
    <noun.cognition>
    the rationale for capital punishmentthe principles of internal-combustion engines


    Rationale \Ra`tion*a"le\ (r[a^]sh`[u^]*n[a^]l" or
    r[a^]sh`[u^]n*[=a]"l[-e]), n. [L. rationalis, neut.
    rationale. See {Rational}, a.]
    An explanation or exposition of the principles of some
    opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or the like; also,
    the principles themselves.

    1. In part, the new weapons lack a clear strategic rationale.
    2. In describing his intentions, explaining their rationale and acknowledging that the project was a mistake and personal failure, Mr. Reagan has preserved his compact with the electorate.
    3. The rationale behind collaboration is that aircraft makers believe there is unlikely to be room in the market for more than one very large airliner.
    4. But many remedies claim to have a scientific rationale.
    5. If the media steadfastly refuses to credit sponsors then the business rationale within a company becomes increasingly difficult.
    6. It appears that the rationale for selecting David is that the company wants to say that it's more than just aerospace; there are a lot of other businesses that make the company tick.
    7. In an orderly society, the scope of that regulation would be confined to what is logically implied by that rationale.
    8. The islands' electronics businesses stand to benefit from an opening up of the EU market since their rationale is export-oriented.
    9. The rationale U.S. aviation officials gave was that some of these countries were (straight face here, please) too undeveloped in terms of international airports to permit "ruinous competition."
    10. The administration framed its rhetoric to make clear that Iraq would remain in an international economic vise until Saddam Hussein was gone, hoping to give army officers and others in the existing power structure the rationale they needed to move.
    11. However, part of the Maastricht rationale - along with the desire to fit larger Germany into a new European framework - was to present unity in western Europe as an antidote to instability in the east.
    12. Bush repeated his contention that the new federal legislation will not survive court challenges. "I can understand the rationale of those who voted for this legislation, but in my view, it is not the ultimate answer," he said.
    13. Shamir was making efforts to placate Labor, and was considering a new vote on the peace plan which could remove the party's rationale for leaving the government, Haaretz and four other newspapers said in front-page stories.
    14. But it would not immediately allow those claiming to be discrimination victims to win merely because the employer could provide no records or rationale for his hiring methods.
    15. The rationale for federalism is not just to assign jurisdiction at a local level, but to assign jurisdiction to the affected parties.
    16. Those who cite the Monroe Doctrine today as a rationale for U.S. actions in Central America might be surprised to learn how that doctrine would restrain them.
    17. We have heard enough Nazi slogans; they hurt just as much from the mouths of any race, from the rationale of any cause.
    18. Critics of independent prosecutor Lawrence Walsh say the rationale for the charges is unfounded, and they challenge the use of the tax laws as the basis for trying to unravel and prosecute a scandal involving foreign aid and arms sales.
    19. 'As soon as the headquarters was completed, the rationale for it had gone,' says Mr Sturt. A similar situation, on a larger scale, has arisen with ICI's group headquarters at Millbank.
    20. The American soldiers who invaded Grenada six years ago are rightly hailed as heroes but the official U.S. rationale for the mission was bogus, says a British officer involved in the attack.
    21. While the investments are supposed to be defense-oriented, even Darpa's supporters say the defense rationale behind the agency's decisions sometimes is strained.
    22. At the same time, the increasingly interdependent world economy suggests that the provisions on plant layoffs and registration of foreign investors have a good rationale.
    23. Mr. Cockburn ignored the rationale for the Internal Security Act, which was introduced in Singapore by the colonial British government.
    24. They don't see the rationale for Czechoslovakia's economic upheaval, for the uncertainty and lack of improvement in their own lives. "People are fed up with the way things are," she says. "Prices are going up, too high if you ask me.
    25. Examine for a moment the rationale for new thinking and policies.
    26. There is "no rationale for an attack on a U.S. ship," one source said.
    27. Any other consideration begins to threaten the rationale for investing as a shareholder in the first place.
    28. In many cases, the rationale was little more than the mantra that Republicans are good for business.
    29. The group also raised a question about NASA's rationale for the space station, which is scheduled to go into operation in the late 1990s.
    30. The outburst gave Bush an opportunity to repeat his rationale for sending more than 200,000 U.S. troops to the Persian Gulf region.
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