causation
n. 原因；因果关系；出现
例句
Correlation, after all, does not prove causation.
毕竟，相关性并不能证明因果关系。
To assess whether the authors claimed any causation, researchers then looked for telltale verbs in each paper's title and abstract, verbs like "enhance", "promote", "facilitate", and "strengthen".
为了评估作者是否声称过任何因果关系，研究人员在每篇论文的标题和摘要中寻找能说明问题的动词，比如“增强”、“促进”、“便利”和“加强”。
The gene is only part of the causation of illness.
基因只是疾病的部分诱因。
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