N-COUNT 基本理论;理论基础;合理性的根据 The rationale for a course of action, practice, or belief is the set of reasons on which it is based. 基本理论;理论基础;合理性的根据 [formal]
However, the rationale for such initiatives is not, of course, solely economic. [+ for]
然而,这种提议的根据当然并不仅仅是经济方面的。
The rationale of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel is inevitably being questioned.