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1 ♦ reason
♦ reason /ˈri:zn/n.1 [uc] ragione; motivo; for financial [legal, economic] reasons, per ragioni finanziarie [legali, economiche]; for reasons of safety, per ragioni di sicurezza; for some reason, per qualche ragione; for obvious reasons, per ovvi motivi; for no specific reason, senza un preciso motivo; unaccountable reason, strana ragione; There is no reason to believe that he lied, non c'è motivo di credere che abbia mentito; What is the reason for your visit?, qual è la ragione della tua visita?; He told her his reasons for wanting to interrupt his studies, le ha spiegato le sue ragioni per interrompere gli studi; There's no reason why you shouldn't come, non c'è motivo per cui tu non debba venire; The reason you feel so tired is that you don't sleep enough, la ragione per la quale ti senti così stanco è che non dormi abbastanza; She said she was leaving but gave no reasons, ha detto che se ne andava ma non ha dato spiegazioni; I see no reason why she shouldn't come with us, non vedo perché non dovrebbe venire con noi; All the more reason for you to refuse, a maggior ragione dovresti rifiutare (o avresti fatto bene a rifiutare); There is no earthly reason why he should refuse, non c'è un motivo al mondo perché debba rifiutare; for reasons best known to himself [herself, etc.], per ragioni che solo lui [lei, ecc.] conosce: For reasons best known to themselves, they decided not to report the accident, per ragioni che solo loro conoscono, hanno deciso di non denunciare l'incidente; for no ( apparent) reason, senza motivo (apparente); for one reason or another, per un motivo o per l'altro; a good reason, un buon (o valido) motivo; to set out one's reasons, dichiarare (o spiegare) le proprie ragioni; to specify the reasons for st., indicare esattamente le cause di qc.; to state the reason for st., motivare qc.; all the more reason, una ragione di più: All the more reason to accept their offer, una ragione di più per accettare la loro offerta2 ragione ( contrario di torto): He always complains, with or without reason, si lamenta sempre, a torto o a ragione NOTA D'USO: - ragione-3 ragione, intelletto: the age of reason, l'età della ragione; to listen to (o to hear) reason, essere ragionevole; farsi convincere: He won't listen to reason, non vuole sentir ragione; to lose one's reason, perdere la ragione; to regain one's reason, riacquistare l'uso della ragione; There is reason in what you say, quel che dici è ragionevole; c'è del vero in ciò che dici● for reasons beyond sb. 's control, per ragioni di forza maggiore □ to bring sb. to reason, ridurre q. alla ragione; far ragionare q. □ by reason of, a causa di; a motivo di □ to give reasons for st., render ragione di qc. □ out of all reason, (in modo) del tutto irragionevole □ to be restored to reason, riacquistare l'uso della ragione □ to see reason, diventare ragionevole; farsi convincere □ to see reason to do st., aver motivo di far qc. □ within reason, nei limiti del ragionevole □ It stands to reason that…, non si può negare che…; è ovvio che…(to) reason /ˈri:zn/A v. i.2 – to reason with, ragionare con; cercare di convincere: You simply cannot reason with him, con lui non si può proprio ragionareB v. t.2 arguire: Comparing men and apes, Darwin reasoned that they must have a common ancestor, confrontando l'uomo e la scimmia, Darwin arguì che dovevano avere un antenato comune; He reasoned that the robbers must have had inside knowledge, ha riflettuto e concluso che i rapinatori dovevano esser stati informati da qualcuno all'interno3 convincere ( con il ragionamento): to reason sb. into doing st., convincere q. a fare qc.; to reason sb. out of an idea, convincere q. a rinunciare a un'idea● to reason out, risolvere con il ragionamento: to reason out a problem, risolvere un problema. -
2 unaccountable
[ˌʌnə'kaʊntəbl]1) [phenomenon, feeling] inspiegabileto be unaccountable to sb. — non essere responsabile davanti a qcn., non dovere rispondere a qcn
* * *(that cannot be explained: his unaccountable absence.) inspiegabile* * *unaccountable /ʌnəˈkaʊntəbl/a.1 inesplicabile; strano: for some unaccountable reason, per qualche strana ragione; an unaccountable feeling of menace, un'inesplicabile sensazione di minaccia2 non responsabile; esente da controlli: unaccountable bureaucrats, burocrati che sfuggono a qualsiasi controllounaccountableness n. [u] unaccountably avv.* * *[ˌʌnə'kaʊntəbl]1) [phenomenon, feeling] inspiegabileto be unaccountable to sb. — non essere responsabile davanti a qcn., non dovere rispondere a qcn
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