| 单词 | rationale |
| 释义 | ‖ rationale|ræʃəˈnɑːl(ɪ), -ˈneɪliː|
[L., neut. of ratiōnālis: see rational a.]
1. A reasoned exposition of principles; an explanation or statement of reasons; † a set of reasoned rules or directions.
1657Bp. Sparrow (title) A Rationale upon the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1721) 28 They could not give any manner of Rationale of their own divine Service. 1774J. Bryant Mythol. II. 396 The writings of all those, who have given a rationale of the Egyptian rites. 1846Mozley Ess. (1878) I. 229 A rationale of heroism was not likely to tell much on English minds. 1876C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. (ed. 2) 99 Where these facts are admitted,..the rationale usually appended is that their source is a diabolical one.
2. The fundamental reason, the logical or rational basis (of anything).
1688Bp. S. Parker Reas. Abrog. Test 124 This gives us the true Rationale of the Mosaick Law. 1715M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. 309 They laid down the Rationale and Ground-Work that the Judgment of the Assize was founded upon. 1791Paine Rights of Man (ed. 4) 161 He sees the rationale of the whole system, its origin and its operation. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. iii. xxv. §2 Such, I conceive, is the true theory or rationale of underselling. 1894H. Drummond Ascent Man 3 To discover the rationale of social progress is the ambition of this age. |
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