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corollary

/kawr-uh-ler-ee, kor-; especially British, kuh-rol-uh-ree/US // ˈkɔr əˌlɛr i, ˈkɒr-; especially British, kəˈrɒl ə ri //UK // (kəˈrɒlərɪ) //

推论,推理,推定,理论上讲

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cor·ol·lar·ies.

    • : Mathematics. a proposition that is incidentally proved in proving another proposition.
    • : an immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion.
    • : a natural consequence or result.

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Examples

  • Its sad and much more frequent corollary, however, is Shabby Kit Life.

  • In the early 20th century, President Theodore Roosevelt added a corollary to what had become known as the Monroe Doctrine.

  • The corollary is also true – areas where the world continues to struggle arise predominantly where there’s a lack of solidarity and agreement.

  • A civilian corollary was proven when ISIS waterboarded journalist James Foley before beheading him.

  • They had a corollary: “Each new level of sexual activity requires consent.”

  • And the corollary is that “those” people are where they are entirely because of their own doing.

  • Why not feature topics not solely defined by a corollary to “women”?

  • Increasingly, sex and its corollary, romantic love, were seen as a healthy part of a relationship.

  • Two other centuries were employed in developing the first corollary of liberty of will, namely, liberty of conscience.

  • The corollary is that tired feeling which must have sorely tried the tyros or young recruits.

  • Exploit Second was four years later; in some sort a corollary to this; and a winding-up of the Swedish business.

  • The early part of the last century was prolific in chemical discoveries, and, as a corollary, in chemical theories of disease.

  • It is however from the corollary involved in this assumption that weak peoples are made to suffer.