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in consequence of

/kon-si-kwens, -kwuhns/US // ˈkɒn sɪˌkwɛns, -kwəns //UK // (ˈkɒnsɪkwəns) //

由于,因为,因此,鉴于

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier: The accident was the consequence of reckless driving.
    • : an act or instance of following something as an effect, result, or outcome.
    • : the conclusion reached by a line of reasoning; inference.
    • : importance or significance: a matter of no consequence.
    • : importance in rank or position; distinction: a man of great consequence in art.

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Examples

  • Nobody voted for Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, but he, rather than Merrick Garland, is sitting on the Supreme Court as a direct consequence of election outcomes.

  • We are living the consequences of what happens when these conversations are left to chance.

  • The aquifer is also fairly protected from sea water seeping into it as the oceans rise from human-caused climate change, a common consequence for many coastal aquifers in California, Danskin said.

  • As a consequence, it makes it almost impossible for this page to rank well.

  • Like every summer we have fewer options and the consequences keep getting worse.

  • Great American leaders have long contributed profound thoughts of tremendous consequence to the public discourse.

  • In the most extreme cases, it allows for the extrajudicial killing of black people without consequence.

  • Students deemed “responsible” for alleged sexual assaults on college campuses can face little or no consequence for their acts.

  • Hitchcock had met or known about everyone of artistic consequence over the last 60 years.

  • You may be wondering what work of monumental consequence is contained within these gilded pages.

  • Many of us had been hit by the balls, but a bruise or a graze of the skin was the worst consequence that had ensued.

  • Insurrectionary movements at Rome in consequence of the pope's refusal to declare war against Austria.

  • The consequence of this quarrel was that, early in 1794, he found himself accused as a ci-devant noble.

  • If there is everywhere complete economic freedom, then there will ensue in consequence a régime of social justice.

  • The consequence was, the disappointed emissary of these double treasons, immediately accused him of his own crimes.