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 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。
• 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？
• The upshot of all this is that China is hopelessly behind on its target for electric car ownership.
  由此造成的结果是，中国电动汽车的保有量远远落后于目标。
• The upshot: apple, Amazon and Facebook look like good long-term bets.
  其结论是：苹果、亚马逊和facebook看起来像是优良的长期下注对象。
• The upshot of this was that the change was eventually effected;
  这次谈话的结果是最终换了房子。
• But what was the upshot?
  然而结果又怎么样呢？
• Unfortunately, on Mac OS X, not all the key bindings work& but this is either an issue with the X11 support, or an upshot of the fact that I have not gotten a working Tk/ Aqua on my system.
  不幸的是，在MacOSX上，不是所有的关键值绑定都可以生效&不过这可能是X11支持的问题，或者是在我的系统中实际上Tk/Aqua没有在运行的结果。
• The upshot could be a much bigger bubble in the future.
  结果可能是日后出现更大的泡沫。
• The upshot is that they fail in both academic studies and the raise of funds.
  结果是学术研究荒废，项目资金又无处落实。
• The upshot ( result) is that nuclear fusion can happen using rough-and-ready lasers and rough-and-ready fuel.
  结果就是利用简单的激光和一般的燃料，就产生了核聚变。