ramification

英 [ˌræmɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]

美 [ˌræmɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]

n.  (众多复杂而又难以预料的)结果，后果

复数：ramifications　

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牛津词典

noun

• （众多复杂而又难以预料的）结果，后果
  one of the large number of complicated and unexpected results that follow an action or a decision
  1. These changes are bound to have widespread social ramifications.
     这些变化注定会造成许多难以预料的社会后果。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （决定、计划、事件产生的）后果，影响
  Theramificationsof a decision, plan, or event are all its consequences and effects, especially ones which are not obvious at first.
  1. The book analyses the social and political ramifications of AIDS for the gay community.
     这本书分析了艾滋病给同性恋群体所带来的社会和政治影响。

英英释义

noun

• the act of branching out or dividing into branches
  Synonym:branchingforkforking
• an arrangement of branching parts
• a development that complicates a situation
  1. the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications
  Synonym:complication
• a part of a forked or branching shape
  1. he broke off one of the branches
  Synonym:branchleg

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