英 [ˈkɒnsɪkwəns] 美 [ˈkɑːnsɪkwens]
n. 结果，后果；重要性，价值
复数consequences
consequence /ˈkɒnsɪkwəns/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 The consequences of something are the results or effects of it. 结果; 后果
Her lawyer said she understood the consequences of her actions and was prepared to go to jail.
她的律师说她明白自己行为的后果并准备去坐牢。
习语 If one thing happens and then another thing happens in consequence or as a consequence, the second thing happens as a result of the first. 结果
His death was totally unexpected and, in consequence, no plans had been made for his replacement.
他的死纯粹出乎意料，因此还没有为他的替代人定出计划。
Maternity services were to be reduced as a consequence of falling birth rates.
孕产服务因下降的出生率而将被削减。
the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual
that result is of no consequence
同义词： aftermath
后果
结果
结果
结果
结果
f结果（Consequence）：在HAZOP分析中结果表示偏差可能产生的具有危险性的结果。
...直不佳，边后卫速度不够中后卫转身慢这些硬伤最终也是只可通过中场球员加强阻截来尽量弥补，但因此而带来的直接后果(Consequence)就是球队在进攻上得到的支援太少，最近比赛中经常要前场球员回撤拿球。
效果（Consequence）：认为合适而使用该标准样式对软件系统其它局部的影响，譬如对系统的扩大充实性、可移植性的影响。影响也涵盖负面的影响。
Consequence（重要性）：How important is the story? （这则报导有多重要？
consequent 随之发生的；作为结果的
consequential 间接的；结果的；重要的；随之发生的；自傲的
consequently 因此；结果；所以
consequent 结果
结果；重要性；推论
outcome / product / result / significance / event / conclusion
This is a necessary consequence of progress.
这是发展的必然后果。
It was an inevitable consequence of the decision.
那是这个决定的必然后果。
One consequence of global warming is extinction.
全球变暖的后果之一是物种灭绝。
I think all those goals are still possible, but I think that as a consequence to the war on Iraq, we took our eye off the ball.
VOA : special.2009.02.21
All I want to stress is that my discovery of her was a fatal consequence of that "princedom by the sea" in my tortured past.
我想强调的是，我对她的发现,乃是在扭曲的过去里建筑的那座海边王国的致命后果。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Humans suffered as a consequence from nutritional deficiencies in almost all parts of the world because there weren't complete diets.
几乎全世界的人们都饱受营养不良的困扰,因为他们没有平衡的食谱
关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"I have made my drawings with the greatest accuracy, and the most minute attention", he wrote."In an affair of so much consequence to the dignity of the United States,"
VOA : special.2010.01.27
We simply cannot do it. And so as a consequence, what I am doing is I am being briefed consistently, my national security team is fully up to speed on it.
VOA : special.2009.01.10
Galbraith opined that one consequence of the industrial state was the impoverishment of the public sector.
Other than minor legal wrangling, this matter should be of little consequence to Tesla.
FORBES: North Carolina's Threat To Tesla Likely Unconstitutional
As another happy consequence, universities may choose to offer for-credit courses from Coursera to non-matriculated students.
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