考研英语词汇辨析(20)result、consequence、outcome 、aftermath

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导读:

  这三个词都含“结构”、“结局”的意思。

  result “结果”,指做某事产生的直接结果,或指某抽象概念的结果。

  1) The students are intensely anxious to know the result of the entrance examination.

  (学生们非常渴望知道入学考试的结果。)

  2) As a general rule, the rise in unemployment is usually the result of inflation.

  (通常情况下,失业人数增加是通货膨胀的结果。)

  consequence “后果”、“经过”,多指某物产生的不良后果,但也可用于表示指某抽象概念的结果,此时可与result 互换。

  1) It terrifies me to contemplate the consequence of your action.

  (想到你行动的后果就让我害怕。)

  2) If you behave so foolishly, you will be ready to bear the consequence.

  (如果你行为是如此的愚蠢,你就准备好承担后果吧。)

  3) This rise in price is an inevitable consequence/result of both demand and supply trends.

  (这种价格上涨是供需两方面的发展趋势不可避免的结果。)

  outcome “结局”、“结果”,指有待见分晓的结果或结局。

  1) We are fully confident that negotiation between the two countries on trade will have a happy outcome.

  (我们有充分的信心,两国之的贸易谈判会有一个愉快的结果。)

  2) The vote has been completed, but the result/outcome will not be announced before next Wednesday.

  (投票已经结束,但结果要到下个星期三才会宣布。)

  aftermath 指发生天灾人祸之后上随之而来的不良的,甚至更严重的后果或余波。

  1) The aftermath of the epidemic was even worse than the death of thousands of people during the epidemic.

  (这种流行病的后果比流行病流行期间死了成千上万的人更加糟糕。

  2) An unemployment surge is striking many countries as an aftermath of the global financial crisis.

  (失业浪潮作为全球金融危机的后继果正在波及许多国家。)