(Law)a linked series of events leading from cause to effect, typically in the assessment of liability for damages(律)因果鏈（尤指對(duì)損失進(jìn)行責(zé)任評(píng)估時(shí)的系列因果聯(lián)系事件）
英語(yǔ)六級(jí)真題
The studies also ran up against many methodological challenges, the biggest of which centered on the old statistical saying, "Correlation does not equal causation."
2018年12月六級(jí)真題（第一套）聽(tīng)力 Section C
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典釋義
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誘因;起因;禍端
The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.