consequence 中文

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.

I'm warning you. If you don't get me the report on time, there will be consequences. ‎

(especially when preceded by "of") Importance, value, or influence.

Rooney's United team-mate Chris Smalling was given his debut at right-back and was able to adjust to the international stage in relatively relaxed fashion as Bulgaria barely posed a threat of any consequence.

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用于句中
- Trends in the relative costs of child rearing cannot be separated from the economic, social and cultural consequences of both the gendering and adulting of labour markets.
- Operating a low-cost, high-pollution manufacturing process externalizes costs in the form of adverse human health consequences and ecosystem effects.
- Disagreeing with Iowa’s nosologist, Ms. Petersen says the lethal consequences of overprescribed or misprescribed drugs are too readily accepted as “natural” death.
用于句尾
- The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.
- People do that sort of thing every day, without ever stopping to reflect on the consequences.
- But with exposed running boards and little skidplate protection under the body, serious off-roading can have expensive consequences.

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