:the act or process of causing something to happen or exist起因;誘因
the role of heredity in the causation of cancer癌症誘因中的遺傳因素
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:the relationship between an event or situation and a possible reason or cause因果關系
He claimed that the accident caused his injury, but the court ruled that he did not provide sufficient evidence of causation.他聲稱此次事故導致他受傷,但法院裁定他沒有提供充分證據來證明其中的因果關系。