caused
past simple and past participle ofcause
| 单词 | caused |
| 释义 | caused past simple and past participle ofcause cause verb[T] uk/kɔːz/us/kɑːz/B2 to make somethinghappen,especiallysomethingbad: Thedifficultdrivingconditionscaused severalaccidents. [+ obj + to infinitive]Thebrightlightcaused hertoblink. Mostheartattacksare causedbybloodclots. [+ two objects]Ihopethechildrenhaven't caused you too muchtrouble. Synonyms bring inflict visitsomethingon/uponsomeoneold useorformal wreakformal to make something happen
Causing things to happen
Examplesofcausedcaused In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. A doctor told him that this condition wascausedby excess consumption of roasted and fried food. From theCambridge English Corpus However, there are some things that are difficult to explain if we wish to argue that garliccausedthis outbreak. From theCambridge English Corpus The small differences arecausedby structural responses triggered by the imbalance vibration of the hubs. From theCambridge English Corpus These and the reduction of crop yieldscausedby the trees were considered as the principal costs. From theCambridge English Corpus This is probably an artefactcausedby the relative scarcity of saplings and a few larger saplings found close to adult trees. From theCambridge English Corpus It is unlikely that, in this case, the aneurysmal transformation had beencausedby tuberculosis, considering its frequent association with peri-membranous ventricular septal defects. From theCambridge English Corpus Although the reason for these discrepancies is unclear, it might becausedby the extensive use of transfected cells overexpressing membrane proteins. From theCambridge English Corpus From another point of view, the problem here iscausedby the presence of identities (that is, empty pasting diagrams). From theCambridge English Corpus Variations in pixel size of the random pixel array onlycausedminor changes in the cells' preferred velocity. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, difficulties with establishing personal contacts,caused, for instance, by social anxiety, add to loneliness. From theCambridge English Corpus This concern notwithstanding, this reform 'agreement' would still havecauseddifficulties because it broke the budget expenditure limit agreed the previous month. From theCambridge English Corpus They alsocauseddifficulties when they affected routines that were hard for people with dementia to learn and remember. From theCambridge English Corpus When making these observations, however, flight was ignored, owing to the difficultiescausedby its very short duration in the small observation-jars. From theCambridge English Corpus Rampant corruption and lack of public accountability hascauseddeep popular distrust of the state. From theCambridge English Corpus As a result, these overlapping groups and contrasting methods of definition havecausedthe nature and identity of the group to remain elusive. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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