英语词汇“consequential”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

consequence /konˈsi-kwəns/

noun

That which follows or comes after as a result or inference

Effect

Importance

Social standing

The relation of an effect to its cause (logic)

Consequentiality

(in pl) a game describing the meeting of a man and a woman and its consequences, each player writing a part of the story, without knowing what previous writers have written

intransitive verb

archaic

To draw inferences

ORIGIN: Fr, from L cōnsequī, from con-, intens, and sequī to follow

conˈsequent adjective

Following, esp as a natural effect or deduction

Flowing in the direction of the original slope of the land (distinguished from subsequent and obsequent; geology)

noun

That which follows

The natural effect of a cause

consequential /-kwenˈshl/ adjective

Following as a result, esp an indirect result
Significant, important
Self-important

consequenˈtialism noun (ethics)

The principle stating that the morality of an action is judged according to how good or bad its consequences are

consequenˈtialist noun

consequentialˈity noun

consequenˈtially adverb

conˈsequently adverb

in consequence (of)

As a result (of)

of no consequence

Trivial, unimportant

take the consequences

To accept the (often unpleasant) results of one's actions