downward causation下向因果性;下向因果关系;向下的因果关系;下向因果
legal causation因果关系
Adequate Causation相当因果关系
indirect causation间接因果关系
causation theory成因理论
slopslide causation坍坡成因
Investment Causation投资动因
imputable causation归罪因果关系
Backward causation逆因果
The third part analyse the causation of penalty evolution.
第三部分分析刑罚进化的动因。
参考来源 - 刑罚进化论纲（研究生论文）Chapter two analyses the causation of tax risk.
第2章是税收风险产生的原因。
参考来源 - 中国税收风险问题研究This chapter studies on three adverbs: 'Tuo', 'Yijiu', and 'Feichang', analyzes the process and causation of their grammaticalization.
本章选择了“脱”、“依旧”和“非常”三个副词进行研究，分析了其虚化的过程，并探讨了其虚化的机制。
What's more, this thesis also specifies the semantic feature of the prototype passive from the angle of causation and affectedness.
另外，文章还从致使语义的角度对原型被动句的语义特征进行了论述。
As for the intertwined relation between resultative and causative construction, we believe the key lies in the introduction of causation.
至于动结结构和致使结构的关系,我们认为关键主要在于致使义的引入。
参考来源 - 两种表致使义句式的异同考察——“使”字句和“把”字句N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it. 诱因 [正式]
The gene is only part of the causation of illness.
基因只是疾病的部分诱因。
N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） Causation is a study of the factors involved in causing something. 因果关系 [正式]