ramification
ramification 英 [ˌræmɪfɪˈkeɪʃn] 美 [ˌræməfɪˈkeʃən]
n. 结果，后果
名词复数:ramifications
- A ramification is an accidental consequence that complicates things. Remember that time you borrowed your father's car without asking? The ramification was that Dad missed an important meeting, his company went under, and he had to sell the car. Oops!
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- n. 结果，后果
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1. These changes are bound to have widespread social ramifications.
这些变化注定会造成许多难以预料的社会后果。
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2. What are the ramifications of our decision to join the union?
我们决定加入工会会引起哪些后果呢？
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3. Will there be political ramifications, do you think, for this vote?
你认为这次投票会产生政治影响吗？
- ramification (n.) 1670s, "a branching out," from French ramification, from ramifier (see ramify). Transferred sense of "outgrowth, consequence" first recorded 1755. Related: Ramifications.
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