Cause and Effect Flashcards
CaE: root cause (n)
origin cause
CaE: primary cause (n)
main cause
CaE: desired effect
the effect that the someone desire to achieve
CaE: have a knock-on effect
indirect result
(ảnh hướng gián tiếp)
ex: this morning’s delays to flights have had a know-on effect on departures all day
CaE: ill effects
negative results (ill here means bad rather than sick)
CaE: provoked an outcry
caused a lot of public anger
ex: The Finance Minister’s decision to raise income tax provoked an outcry.
CaE: breeds resentment (collocation)
makes other feel angry and unhappy
ex: if teachers show favourism, it breeds resentment
CaE: rendered sth + adj = make sth + adj
caused to be no longer used
ex: Email has more or less rendered the fax machine obsolete.
CaE: wreak havoc on sth/ with sth
= take a toll on sth/sb
cause a lot of damage to (anh huong xau den)
ex: This wind will wreak havoc with my flowers
CaE: spell disaster for
cause serious problems
ex: the strike could spell disaster for the country
CaE: compelling reason
the reason is verrrrrry reasonable (thuyet phuc)
CaE: dire consequences
very serious consequences
CaE: contributing fator
a factor that contributing on the reason but not main reason
CaE: ensued (v)
= lead to
describe an action that occur after an action
hanh dong bi keo theo + ensued + hanh dong xay ra truoc
ex: Riots and street fighting ensued when the police officers on trial were acquitted.
CaE: prompt sb to do sth
motivated sb to do sth
ex: A persistent cough prompted him to seek professional medical help
CaE: on account of + noun
= because of
CaE: on the grounds that + S + V
= because
CaE: with the aim of
= in order to
CaE: motives in doing sth
= reasons for doing ssth
CaE: curb sth
= control sth
ex: curbing inflation (kiem che lam phat)
soulution/ to/ A/ is/ government/ for/ the
A solution is for the gov to V
problem, / people / tackle / should / this / to
To tackle this problem, people should
forward / be / might / way / The / to
The way forward might be to
= the solution might be to
problem / adressed / by / This / could / be
This problem could be addressed by
