consequence ：結果，成果；[邏]結論；重要性；推論

複數：consequences

   1.結果；後果；影響

    （ The consequences of something are the results or effects of it. ）

Her lawyer said she understood the consequences of her actions and was prepared to go to jail...

她的律師說她明白自己行為的後果，已有了入獄的心理準備。

An economic crisis may have tremendous consequences for our global security.

一場經濟危機可能嚴重影響到全球安定。

    2.結果；因此

  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.

例如：His death was totally unexpected and, in consequence, no plans had

been made for his replacement...

他的死完全出乎意料，所以，根本沒有安排替補人選。

Maternity services were to be reduced in consequence of falling birth rates.

由於出生率下降，產科服務會隨之削減。

...people who are suffering and dying as a consequence of cigarette smoking...

因吸菸而患病或死亡的人

3.重要的；有價值的

Something or someone of consequence is important or valuable. If something or someone is of no consequence, or of little consequence, they are not important or valuable.

As an overseer, he suddenly found himself a person of consequence...

作為工頭，他突然覺得自己是個重要人物。

Where he is from is of no consequence to me.

他來自何方對我來說並不重要。

4.承擔後果；自食其果

If you tell someone that they must take the consequences or face the consequences, you warn them that something unpleasant will happen to them if they do not stop behaving in a particular way.

These pilots must now face the consequences of their actions and be brought to trial...

這些飛行員現在必須為自己的行為承擔後果，接受審判。

If climate changes continue, we will suffer the consequences.

如果氣候變化繼續下去，我們將自食其果

！consequence形容詞是consequent和副詞是consequently，n. 結果，後果；重要性，價值

one consequence for coral reefs is that the symbiosis between the corals and algae that constitute a living reef is breaking down.珊瑚礁面臨的一個後果是，構成活珊瑚礁的珊瑚和藻類之間的共生關係正在瓦解。