1. 基本理論；理論基礎；合理性的根據 The rationale for a course of action, practice, or belief is the set of reasons on which it is based.
e.g. However, the rationale for such initiatives is not, of course, solely economic... 然而，這種提議的根據當然并不僅僅是經(jīng)濟方面的。 e.g. The rationale of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is inevitably being questioned. 對核廢料進(jìn)行再加工的理由不可避免地受到了質(zhì)疑。
rationale英英釋義
noun
1. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
e.g. the rationale for capital punishment the principles of internal-combustion engines