考研英语真题中出现的熟词僻义——reason

The method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind; it is simply the mode by which all phenomena are reasoned about and given precise and exact explanation.

On the dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says:"This book stands for reason itself."  And so it does — and all would be well were reason the only judge in the creationism.

The reason, of course, is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low.

究其原因，当然是成本飙升，票价却一直很低。

The method of scientific investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary mode of working of the human mind; it is simply the mode by which all phenomena are reasoned about and given precise and exact explanation.

科学研究的方法不过是人类思维活动的必要表达方式，也就是对一切现象进行思索并给予精确而严谨解释的表达方式。

Probably there is not one here who has not in the course of the day had occasion to set in motion a complex train of reasoning, of the very same kind, though differing in degree, as that which a scientific man goes through in tracing the causes of natural phenomena.

在座的各位，大概不会有人一整天都没有机会进行一连串复杂的思考活动，这些思考活动与科学家在探索自然现象原因时所进行的思考活动，尽管复杂程度不同，但在类型上是完全一样的。

On the dust jacket of this fine book, Stephen Jay Gould says:"This book stands for reason itself. " And so it does — and all would be well were reason the only judge in the creationism.

斯蒂芬·杰·古尔德在这部优秀作品的封皮上写道：”本书代表了理性本身”。的确如此——如果理性是创世论和进化论之争的唯一评判标准，那么一切问题就已经解决了。