Where people did not know how to seek the relation of cause and effect, they looked for a teleological interpretation.

在人们无法找出原因和结果的关系的时候，他们便会寻求目的论的解释。

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The way understanding bristles up against the idea of substance is equaled by its readiness to use the relation of cause and effect.

知性越是习惯于反对实体这一概念，便越是常用因果关系。

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Setting evaluation index on the levers of financial, client and technical innovation to form a relation chain of cause and effect.

分别从财务、客户、技术创新等层面设置了评价指标，使不同层面的指标形成一条因果关系链。

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