单词 | corollary |
释义 | corollary (kərɒləri , US kɔːrəleri ) Word forms: corollaries countable noun [oft with poss] A corollary of something is an idea, argument, or fact that results directly from it. [formal] The number of prisoners increased as a corollary of the government's determination to combat violent crime. [+ of] Synonyms: consequence, result, effect, outcome Collocations: important corollary There's an important corollary to this indirect method of penalising, forced upon us by negative doubles. Times,Sunday Times There was an important corollary: people whose genes gave them the most protection lost that protection if they slept badly. Times,Sunday Times Estimates put it, initially, at three, and there was an important corollary to this. Times,Sunday Times An important corollary form of flock management to the aforementioned styles are specialized flocks raising purebred sheep. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Couple that with the very modest growth in earnings, a natural corollary, and a continuing slowdown in consumer spending seems the inevitable outcome. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The natural corollary to Groves' low opinion of his opponent is a high opinion of himself. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Isn't weak pay the natural corollary of weak productivity growth? Times, Sunday Times (2013) The obvious corollary is that the higher costs inevitably will be passed on to consumers (if they are not already). Times, Sunday Times (2011) But there's an obvious corollary there. Times, Sunday Times (2010) There is an obvious corollary to this. Times, Sunday Times (2012) |
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