| 单词 | upshot |
| 释义 | upshot (once / 3912 pages) n The upshot of an action is the end result, whatever happens last as a consequence of the original action. The upshot of reading this sentence is that you will understand what the word upshot means. In the 16th century, the last arrow launched in an archery competition was called the upshot. Like that final arrow, the upshot is the conclusion, the outcome. Sure, you can eat ice cream really fast, but the upshot is that you’ll have a brain freeze. The upshot of eating ice cream slowly is that it will melt. Decisions, decisions. WORD FAMILYupshot: upshots USAGE EXAMPLESThe upshot is that mayoral candidates who qualify for public financing are likely to end up with about $379,000 during the campaign. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) She gained 17 points among white postgraduates, according to Upshot estimates, but just four points among whites with a bachelor’s degree. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) The upshot of all this is an online information stream in China where nothing is considered to be authoritative. Wall Street Journal(Dec 07, 2016) n a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon Syn|Hypo|Hyper consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result materialisation, materialization, offspring something that comes into existence as a result aftereffectany result that follows its cause after an interval aftermath, backwash, wakethe consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) bandwagon effectthe phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity brisancethe shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion butterfly effectthe phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago by-product, byproducta secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence changethe result of alteration or modification coattails effect(politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party Coriolis effect(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere dentan appreciable consequence (especially a lessening) domino effectthe consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall) harvestthe consequence of an effort or activity impact, wallopa forceful consequence; a strong effect influencethe effect of one thing (or person) on another knock-on effecta secondary or incidental effect branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowtha natural consequence of development producta consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances placebo effectany effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs position effect(genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome repercussion, reverberationa remote or indirect consequence of some action responsea result fallout, side effectany adverse and unwanted secondary effect spillover(economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure perturbation(physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly purchasea means of exerting influence or gaining advantage winda tendency or force that influences events reactiona response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude epiphenomenona secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon depolarisation, depolarizationa loss of polarity or polarization phenomenon any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning |
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