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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

基本原理

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jīběn yuánlǐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rationale/ˌræʃəˈnæl/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"请解释一下这项新政策的基本原理。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action or a particular belief.

    "The committee asked the director to explain the rationale behind the new budget cuts."
  2. 2

    A foundational explanation outlining the principles or reasons underlying something.

    "Her scientific paper clearly outlined the theoretical rationale for the experiment."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'rationalis' meaning belonging to reason, entering English in the 17th century as an adjective and later evolving into a noun in the 18th century. It shifted from meaning 'a rational exposition' to its modern primary sense of a fundamental reason or logical justification for a course of action or belief.

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