upshot

英 ['ʌpˌʃɒt]

美 ['ʌpˌʃɑt]

n.  最后结果; 结局

复数：upshots　

BNC.14268 / COCA.17364

牛津词典

noun

• 最后结果；结局
  the final result of a series of events
  1. The upshot of it all was that he left college and got a job.
     事情的结局是，他离开学院参加了工作。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （通常指意外的）结果，结局
  The upshotof a series of events or discussions is the final result of them, usually a surprising result.
  1. The upshot is that we have lots of good but not very happy employees...
     结果是我们有很多优秀然而却不太快乐的员工。
  2. So the upshot is we're going for lunch on Friday.
     结果是我们周五一起去吃午餐。

英英释义

noun

• a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
  1. the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
  2. his decision had depressing consequences for business
  3. he acted very wise after the event
  Synonym:consequenceeffectoutcomeresulteventissue

双语例句

• The upshot was that the knockout mice ate considerably more than the normal animals.
  其结果是，基因敲除基因的老鼠吃比正常老鼠更多。
• The upshot of this episode was that we had to make a hasty retreat.
  这个事件的结局是我们不得不匆匆后撤。
• The upshot is that we are in a race against time.
  最终我们得与时间赛跑。
• The upshot: Lawsuits and takeovers moved faster than the products.
  结局：官司和收购来得比产品还快。
• The upshot is that the current gridlock in Congress will soon get much worse.
  结果是，目前国会出现的僵局将很快变得更为严重。
• The upshot is no public pension, no unemployment benefit or disability allowance.
  这样做的结果就是没有公共养老金、失业救济金、或者伤残津贴。
• The upshot is a game of cat and mouse as creditors resort to novel tactics to get their money.
  其结果是这是一个猫捉老鼠的游戏，正如债权人采取新颖的战术来得到他们的钱。
• Employees will ask you to tell them the upshot of change: How will things be different?
  员工会让你告诉他们变化的结果：事情会有何不同？
• To decide that I love my mother by staying beside her, and to play a comedy the upshot of which is that I do so – these are nearly the same thing.
  决定留在母亲身边表示我对我母亲的爱和演一幕喜剧，而其结果同样也是留在她身边，&这两件事情几乎是一样的。
• The upshot of the controversy is that the pure geometers reasserted their role in mathematics.
  论战的结局是纯粹几何学家重申了他们在数学中的作用。