cause: applies to any event, circumstance, or condition that brings about or helps bring about a result: an icy road was the ~ of the accident.   （to bring about产生、使发生to bring something about means to cause it to happen，如to bring about a result/change产生结果/使变革）


determinant: applies to a cause that fixes the nature of what results: heridity may be a ~ of heart disease.   (fix使固定，也就是决定)  


antecedent: applies to that which has preceded and may therefore be in some degree responsible for what follows: the ~s of the faimne.   (cede, ceed, cess三个词根意思相同: to go行走，语法中antecedent表示先行词）


reason: applies to a traceable or explainable cause of a known effect: the ~ I was late was that my car would not start.   （cause and effect因果是固定搭配，effect效果是result结果的基础词，在结果effect-outcome组）


occasion: applies to a particular time or situation at which underlying causes become effective: the assassination was the ~ of the war.


cause原因: 泛指任何产生结果的事件情况状态，determinant决定因素: 指决定结果的性质的原因，antecedent先行事件先行因素: 指先前发生的原因，reason原因理由: 能够追溯解释的，occasion场合时机: (原因发生时的)时间或情况


记忆方法: 1) 首字母想成OD CAR车旧了<==维修的原因

         2) 原因的意思是产生结果的事件mean something that produces an effect or result.首字母想成OD CAR车旧了<==维修的原因