consequence

consequence
noun
  1. a result or effect of an action or condition
    结果，后果；影响
    many have been laid off from work as a consequence of the government's policies.
    政府的政策而被解雇。
  2. [mass noun][usu. with negative]importance or relevance
    重要性，重大；意义
    the past is of no consequence.
    过去无关紧要。
    ■(dated)social distinction
    (旧)显赫，显要
    a woman of consequence.
    名女人。
  3. (consequences)a game in which a narrative, typically one describing the meeting of a man and woman, is made up by the players in turn, each ignorant of what has already been contributed
    （尤指描述一男一女会面的）连环问答式叙事游戏
常用词组
in consequence
  1. as a result
    因此，由此；结果
take (或 bear) the consequences
  1. accept responsibility for the negative results or effects of one's choice or action
    承担后果
语源
  1. late Middle English: via Old French from Latin consequentia, from consequent- 'following closely', from the verb consequi
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