柯林斯詞典rationale /?r????nɑ?l, -?n?l/ (rationales) 1. N-COUNT The rationale for a course of action, practice, or belief is the set of reasons on which it is based. 全部理由; 根本原因[正式] However, the rationale for such initiatives is not, of course, solely economic. 但是，這些積極行動的根本原因儅然不全是出於經(jīng)濟目的。 返回 rationale劍橋詞典the reasons or intentions that cause a particular set of beliefs or actions 根本原因；基本原理 I don't understand the rationale for these restrictions . 我無法理解這些限制。 He tried to explain the scientific rationale behind his work . 他嘗試解釋他工作背後的科學原理。 返回 rationale